Price Paid:  $240.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
I had this player for 2 years. I used it about twice a week. It played fine until about a week ago when it started skipping and freezing up about an hour into DVDs. Tried it with several different DVDs and it kept doing the same thing. Out of warranty so I guess I'm out of luck. It will cost more to fix than to get a new player. No more Aiwa for me. Two years is too short a time to be breaking down.

Strengths:
Worked for 2 years.

Weaknesses:
Broke after 2 years. POS!!

Price Paid:  $150.00 from singapore

Summary:
i bought this from a grey market in singapore ( who became a enemy after)The picture quality of this dvd is not up to the mark , even the sound is not crisp when compared to other premium products.but for this price u cannot expect more from this player.

Strengths:
the price

Weaknesses:
The Rest

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $190.00 from Hong Kong

Summary:
This is a great machine for getting into the DVD world. And being able to play all those other formats is a big bonus. Overall I'm very satisfied w/ the performance and price.

Strengths:
So far it's been great. It's played everything I've tried: regular DVD/VCD/VCD2.0, VCD & MP3 burned from my computer, and regular CD. Quiet.

Weaknesses:
Loading a little slow for my taste, but I haven't seen others. Functions not intuitive and screen icons/numbers a bit small (I watch about 8' away on a 27" and the numbers are about 1/2" tall).

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $340.00 from A store in Caracas

Summary:
Well, that´s my first DVD player and work very fine, I get a pair of Monster S-Video and Optical audio cable and connect it to my Sony STR-DE845 A/V receiver (Sony and B&W LM1 speakers) and my philips TV. What can I say you? Great sound and very sharp and detaile image. The only problem is the little freeze sometimes, and only doit for miliseconds.

Strengths:
Good quality audio and sharp image

Weaknesses:
freeze time in time

Similar Products Used:
Is my first DVD player

Price Paid:  $175.00 from egghead.com

Summary:
It's a crap shoot with this machine. I know someone who has this model and loves it and says it works great. Then there's me: I got what I thought was a great deal, but the thing never quite worked. It skipped on 90% of the DVD's, but not until I was at least an hour into it (making it more annoying than ever). I brought it in for warranty and they are replacing the laser and I'm hoping that does it, but I still have to pay the labor costs. I'd steer clear from Aiwa. They have yet to prove they can make a decent DVD player or back up their errors when they don't.

Weaknesses:
hasn't worked yet so at this point I'd have to say everything.