Barbie Blossom BAR330 DVD Player

Barbie Blossom BAR330 DVD Player
I love this DVD player! 
At first I thought I was going to have to send it back. I got it all set up and put a DVD in and it played for about a minute before stopping. I tried a different DVD. This time it just kept saying "loading" and wouldn't recognize the disc. I patiently tried a couple more times, changing CDs, opening and closing the player. I believe it was about the 5th try that finally the player worked and kept working. It seems it just got jostled during shipping and needed a little time to reset itself. We have had this DVD player for about a month now and have not had even one problem with it since. 

I love that the DVD compartment opens by hand so there is no open button to get jammed. My 2 1/2 year-old daughter has figured out the stop and play buttons as well as the power button so can mostly work it on her own which I love almost as much as she does! 

I have only two small complaints: 
1) It is a bit confusing to a 2-year-old that the red light comes on when the player is off and goes off when the player is on, considering every other electronic we have does the opposite. 

2) The player stands upright such that the disc has to go in vertically rather than horizontally like most DVD players, so it is very hard for my daughter to do on her own. And if you have a 2-year-old you know that just doing it for them is easier said than done when they put such value on doing things themselves! After only one broken disc, she is getting better, but I still wish it was a horizontal loader! 

Bottom line, despite these little knit-picky things, this Barbi DVD player is super cute, one of the least expensive ones on the market, works great and is mostly so easy to operate that even a 2 1/2 year old can do it! I highly recommend it!