I bought this DVD player 5 months ago. Originally I was very pleased with the product. I liked the slim, sleek design and the quality of DVD Playback was great. However, just recently and without warning, I am unable to play DVDs. I can play CDs without a problem, but when I put a DVD (I tried every DVD I own) into the player, it attempts to spin the DVD, and then an error message stating "Cannot Play Disc" scrolls across the Display of the DVD Player. For years I thought that SONY had quality products. It seems that something has changed. I will never buy another SONY. By the way, it would cost roughly half the original purchase price to ship it back to SONY for a replacement. What a waste.