My kids have "eaten-up" 2 dvd players in the last couple of years (1 pioneer, 1 apex). They just use them a ton and little hands aren't always kind. I need suggestions on what is the most durable/reliable. I don't need many features but don't want to keep buying "crap".
It's not the worst strategy in the world to buy a new $60 dvd player every year. As your kids get older, maybe they will be 'gentler' on the player and you can think of higher quality.
If not, the only thing I can suggest is that Consumer Reports lists Panasonic as the most reliable maker of DVD players. That doesn't mean they can withstand the rigors of your little darlings, but it's worth a shot.
Other than that, buy the cheapest you can find, because you'll be replacing them frequently.
Keep using the el cheapo's. That way you won't be so bummed when they destroy the expensive ones. I was a television technician in the Air Force for 17 years so my family always wants to ask me "what's the best TV?" My answer is always, "what's on sale?" The mass produced stuff isn't designed or built to last forever.
Philips DVP642 ... They are about $55 but they play ANYTHING and well; kids will be kids. I put my 4 year old's Apex up on a shelf about 5 feet off the ground thinking I was safe. She figured out how to push her plastic desk over to the shelf and place a chair on it to get at the player. I have tried reasoning ... spankings ... and now the "great pink shelf debockle".
I did manage to teach her to stay away from my system.
At least as far as I know ...
It's God's way of paying me back for taking my Dad's TV apart when I was 7.
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