Review on Magnavox DP170MS8 HDMI DVD Player: Unleashing High-Definition Entertainment by Ricky Brooks

I recently bought this $50 DVD player from Sam's Club to use with my new Vizio HD TV. I made the mistake of not reading the reviews before receiving them and now I'm paying for it. I got home and immediately plugged in the DVD player. He had an outstanding image, don't get me wrong; However, as another reviewer said, I had to turn up the volume on the TV to match the volume the cable (or whatever medium) was delivering. That was the beginning of my problems. About a week later, my son watched 3:10 To Yuma and found the DVD player wouldn't turn on. I unplugged it, plugged it back in, held the power button and tried turning it on with the remote. Nothing worked. I finally broke down and called Magnavox as a last resort before returning the player to Sams Club. This is where it gets incredible. The support agent told me that this is a fairly common problem with this device and that to fix it I would need to follow these steps: Turn off the device, slowly press the power button 5 times, and then close the device back in. Sure enough, it worked like a charm. That's what I get for $50: good picture, bad sound, and I have to do magic to turn my DVD player on. That.