GPX D1816 DVD Player

Pros: worked like a dream for almost two months; cheap; easy to use
Cons: starts complaining when heavily used for almost two months

Ever since I received the GPX D1816 DVD player for Christmas, I’ve been singing its praises without hesitation. Until today. Maybe it was the heavy use of it last weekend (Dances With Wolves’ Director’s Cut, 4 Abbot & Costello feature ...

Pros: Very inexpensive and well-made.
Cons: Not sure how long this will last.

I see that they have finally made a DVD player that can be disposable. I found this GPX DVD player at Aldi’s. I know that this is not the most common place to find a DVD player, but they usually have some good deals anyway. This is usually a ...

Pros: It is very cheap in price.
Cons: It is very cheap in quality.

I bought this as a cheap option to playing my non NTSC DVDs. My family mostly watches PAL format DVDs and this became the primary DVD player in our house, though we still used a different one for all our American DVDs. The player worked like a charm at ...

Pros: Compact.
Cons: Not durable.

I bought two of these units. Worked well at first and then shortly after the warranty expired I started having problems. One unit inexplicably was trying to eject and the DVD drawer got stuck and there was quite a racket and I could smell smoke. But quite frankly, if a manufacturer can't guarantee their product for more than 90 days, what should we expect ?