And yes, I know how to hook up a dvd player. Since the Sony Trinitron has all the red white and yellow outputs, I simply connected the proper colors in the front of my Sony, and in the back of the Coby Dvd player (the cheap one).

Well, at first, I screwed up because in the front of the tv I put the yellow thing in the white one and vice versa, and when I inserted a dvd all I got was scrambled signals. I then checked, went AHA, wrong colors, made sure I re-did it correctly so all colors were put in correct inputs, etc. and I put in a disc (5 of them to be precise because the thing is dead in the water.

When I first put in a dvd (when I did the wrong color thing) the dvd spun around and when I pressed the "open" button, the lid opened and you could see the disc spinning until it slowed down.

Well!!!! after I corrected my mistake, re-plugged everything where it's supposed to be, made sure my dvd player is plugged into the wall. The red light is on, so I know it's ON!!!, I inserted my Avatar. no autoplay.. I then pressed the "play" option on the remote. Dead in the water.

I did this with 5 other dvds.

I know it's dead in the water because when I hit the "open lid" button, there was no spinning.

5 discs. No spinning.

Okay, what next? It's a brand new dvd player that I got (from a free internet rewards program).

I knew it was a piece of you know what when I got it, but hey it was free.

Anyone else have an experience with Coby (it retails for $39.99) in the store.

Thanks much

All I want to do is play my Avatar DVD.

good lord.
Melody