I bought this unit from Sears in 2003 and at first it worked great. A few months of occasional use later it refused to play DVD's, but would still play CDs. Sears replaced the unit since it was under warranty and I was happy again. Now it's a year and 1 month later almost to the day and this one has now died, exact same symptoms.I'm pretty easy to please but this just pisses me off. Save yourself some trouble (and $100) and stay away from this player. My other unit is a Zenith dual deck ($125) and it has performed flawlessly during the same time frame.