when my boombox die , I decide to pick up a unit that could play music as well as dvd movie . I do not want to spend much and find this rca unit that seem to be exactly what I need , so I buy it and sell my exist dvd player to a relative . and it would be exactly what I need if it do in fact play dvd 's consistently . unfortunately , it do not , and there be no rhyme or reason to it either . sometimes it will play a scratch dvd just fine , while other time it will not even play a brand new dvd . like other have mention , I have notice that dialogue in movie -lrb- when it do play the dvd -rrb- be much quieter than music even if the sound logic feature be on . this unit play cd without any problem , and the sound quality seem pretty good -lrb- but maybe that be because my point of reference be a boom box -rrb- . sound quality for tv be also pretty good . however , the unreliability of the dvd playing ability be a huge deficiency , so I would not recommend that someone purchase this item .