Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: DVR4000 - Not the most reliable DVD for the money

I have owned my DVR4000 for about 8 months now. Over that time period, the DVD has continued to degrade. It began by not playing CDs after about a month. DVDs would then occasionally skip - a problem that became worse as time went on. Now, you can't get through a DVD without skipping/freezing numerous times.I am an electronic technician, so I opened it up to have a look. The DVD has only one laser. Most quality decks have two, one for CDs and one for DVDs. The main DVD control PCB runs excessively hot! That could explain the problem.I decided to call GoVideo/sonicBlue to see if I could get them to cover the problems under warranty. Parts are 1 year, labor is only 90 days. Funny thing, they have a separate 800 number for this model...sound like they have had a lot of problems?My advice - avoid the DVR4000. The DVR4500 or 4300 seem to be better models and are less expensive at current prices.