MEGATEK Region-Free DVD Player for TV with HDMI, CD Player for Home, Plays All Regions and Formats, USB Port, Durable Metal Housing, Remote, HDMI and RCA Cables IncludedCarbonfree Certified

Can I give it six stars? Finally, an electronic item that does what it advertises and is easy to use. Comes with a brief user manual that explains a lot, including what is on the included remote. Played DVD produced for use outside the U.S. -- as well as a U.S. DVD, and a specialty DVD that did not play fully on a U.S. DVD player. It connected to the TV almost by itself. We used an HDMI cable. Other connections were possible.

Very small but gets the job done. It works with any type of CD/DVD. We used it to watch old PC CDs that were full of pictures and videos and had a blast. The program it uses does not look modern but it is definitely a great option for the price. I also pulled hundreds of CDs from boxes to enjoy music the traditional way. Great buy.

Update:I added back a star since using a higher quality HDMI cable did the trick and so far so good, no more image blackouts or squeaking! And the supplied cable worked just fine to connect one of my monitors to my work laptop. Conclusion: if you have a newer Samsung Smart TV, this dvd player will work BUT 1) do yourself a favor and get an Amazon Essentials HDMI cable and use the included cable to connect peripherals to a computer, not to your tv: 2) the dvd player isn’t recognized immediately by the tv and you must use the supplied remote, not the tv remote, with the dvd player. But not too long after you connect the hdmi cable, if you put a dvd in the player it will automatically start up. I am now very happy with this little player! Would be a 5 star review had the player shipped with a higher quality hdmi cable!Original Review (3 stars):Pros: I bought this player to play my mostly foreign dvds, replacing a $16 player from grad school that worked great until the tray stopped opening. So far it is playing my beloved Australian tv series (Region 4) that was recently discontinued on Netflix. Image is crisp using the HDMI-HDMI connection. After this I will try my region 2 discs. Although audio is annoyingly loud initially, the remote works well and the sound is actually better than when I watch tv through the computer connected to my Samsung smart tv, so that is great.Cons: Starting on evening 3 of watching my Region 4 series, every so often the image on the screen will briefly turn totally black and occasionally I hear a squeak from the dvd player. TV is a Smart Samsung LCD new as of a few months ago when my kitten knocked over and broke my last TV). I inspected the disc that first experienced the issue and cleaned it with a cloth, although there was no dust or smudges on it. All seems fine with the tray, but my next step is to try a dvd lens cleaning disc. So far the same thing has happened with four different discs. I also plugged the provided HDMI cable into a different HDMI port on my tv, but the issue persists. I might try using a different HDMI cable to see if that works and I haven’t tried the supplied RCA cables with the RCA-HDMI converter I used on my old dvd player, but I can’t imagine that would give the same quality as a HDMI-HDMI connection. The blackouts are fairly infrequent, although very annoying and by evening 4 they happened at least a dozen times. My only other complaint is that the player does make noise when playing, but nothing I can’t live with. I only hope this player lasts 15+ years like my last one half the price did. And I hope that trying a different HDMI cable and/or playing a cleaning disc will solve or at least minimized the black screen/squeaking issue.

It was almost impossible to get a CD player to replace ours because they’re now so expensive. Even on eBay it’s a couple hundred dollars. This was a terrific solution for an occasionally played CD. If you play CDs a lot, you might want to get one that’s more substantial. But this does the job!

I bought this to play Region 2 (United Kingdom) DVDs. We love British comedy shows, such as Mrs.Brown, One Foot in the Grave, Are You Being Served, etc.! This player worked like a charm. It made it possible to watch our favorite Brit show when we wanted to. It's definitely worth the money!!!

This DVD player flawlessly plays DVDs from US, Japan, & Germany. I can’t speak to other areas cuz those are the discs I have. My husband is continually impressed by the upscaling. Standard definition DVDs look good on a 40” HD TV. We’ve had no issues. This really is a plug & play device. It even properly plays audio from discs that my computer struggles with (the computer plays the voice track super quiet, but from the same disc this player acts like everything’s normal). My only complaint is the complexity of the remote makes me look at the buttons I’m pressing cuz there are so many buttons, but that’s not worth docking any stars over. I’ll get used to the location of the buttons I use frequently.

I ordered because of the price, and was pleasantly surprised at what little space it takes up. But I love how easy it is to use and would definitely purchase a second one for another room.

Our 20 year old wedding videos were on Disc so I bought this to watch them on our wedding anniversary. Also found some old Christmas movie disc to play around the holidays. Very happy with the quality of the player.