This is my first DVD player. It's cheap and it has been working great for me so far. I wish it comes with an alternative color such as black because my other components (Tv, vcr, receiver) are black. The only odd thing about it is the remote control which I don't understand why. I can not power it on from my sofa which is about 15 feet away. I have to get close to the DVD player to power it on. Power off and all other buttons are OK from my sofa. May be APEX designers thought that the first thing people would do is to put in a DVD or change a DVD. In other to do that they have to be right in front of the DVD player. So no need to suck the alot of battery power to power the DVD player on. Who knows...may be it's a defect in the product.