Price Paid:  $230.00 from best buy

Summary:
I 've had the Panasonic DVD RV-30 for over 3 years now, and it plays great. It was a B-Day gift so i didn't have the nerve to return it for one that can play multiple CD formats. So no CD-R's on this DVD player, and lets face it, "everybody burns em and plays em". That is the only inconvenience of Panasonic's DVD Player RV 30.

Weaknesses:
Only plays DVD & audio CD's

Price Paid:  $135.00 from ebay

Summary:
i watch vhs all the time dhd too i love to watch army movies i love romance movies 2 and i like to read once in a while more then you might think if you saw a picture of me laugh laugh i love my mama she is the one who bought me the dhd player and i love her so much and my dad too but i have to go eat lunch now we can talk later bye bye

Strengths:
i weight lift every day to keep me strong

Weaknesses:
i'm fat and i need to lose some weight

Similar Products Used:
slim fast and sony dhd players too

Price Paid:  $389.00 from Sears

Summary:
I purchased this DVD player back in September of 2000. So far, it has been really reliable, and displays an excellent picture. It's a straight-forward player, without a lot of bells & whistles, which I like very much. The assembly is solid, and it's one of the last DVD players that was made in Japan. I am hoping to get a lot of years out of it, but then again, the electronics today don't seem to be made to last more than 7 years, but maybe I will be lucky.

Strengths:
Ease of use, great picture

Weaknesses:
None that I can think of.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
After less than two years of very light usage (probably used 10 times in that time frame), my Panasonic DVD player no longer plays in color. The picture is black and white. THE SAME DAMN THING HAPPENED WITH MY PANASONIC VCR! This is the last Panasonic product I will ever buy.

Strengths:
Great pictue while it lasts.

Weaknesses:
It doesn't last.

Similar Products Used:
None

Price Paid:  $179.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
This is for the RV31, purchased in 12/01. It started having problems in June. Started getting a scrambled pixeled picture every so often. Thought it was dirty disk or dust built up in the unit. Then in August I got a "cannot read file format" message and it would eject the disk. I opened it up to clean and unplugged/replugged a few connectors. Worked for a while but now stopped again. Now it will only play CD's. Thought it would last like their VCRs but guess not.

Strengths:
Many features. Good picture while it worked. Now great CD player!

Weaknesses:
Died after 8 months under very light use.

Similar Products Used:
This was my DVD player.