Panasonic DVD-S27K DVD Player

I've had this dvd player for a year and a half. I bought it because it was recommended by Consumer Reports. It is having trouble reading my dvds. It makes loud noises while tryng to read even brand new dvds. Sometimes, if I feel like fiddling with the darn thing for an hour it may or may not play my cd. Or it will stop at scene 3 and then it will not skip to that scene so I end up having to watch from th beginning and even then it fails again. A standard 2 hour movie ends up taking 3 hours of my time. I get "unable to read format" messages of dvds I have watched before on the same player. Panasonic does not stand by their products. I have already tried contacting Panasonic and they tell me to get it repaired. I know I'll end up spending more than it's worth repairing and how do I know if it won't break again.

I will never purchase a Panasonic product again.