Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Great picture, when it works

This player has an excellent picture on the hdmi output and very good on the component output but it has way too many problems for me to recommend it.When playing shows on the HDMI output in 1080p, the picture often gets noisy, freezes and goes black. This happens on all DVD's, both factory produced and burned. Switching to component video resolves the problem but the output is limited to 480p. The unit also totally locks up trying to play JPEG files and many burned DVD's. The power must be unplugged to clear the lockup, a real nuisance if you have the player in a cabinet.There are far better choices.