Each of my three kids received one of these players for Christmas and love them. I think they are pretty cool myself but have a major gripe with the operation of this toy. We had to exchange one of the three right after Christmas because the players video screen would not work some of the time even though the sound was still playing from the disc. The new one seems to operate OK (so far!!) but now one of the other two players my kids received is now acting just like the first one and we have to exchange this one. I'm going to put in a complaint with Hasbro and see if they can't ship these units with a better failure rate. My kids absolutely love them but if they don't operate properly, WELL........? You dedcide!