Personally, in the case of the MX-700 I think its ridiculous that people make such a big deal about the warranty (on remote central). I mean, let me put it this way. If you were buying $150 dvd player at best buy and they offered you a one year warranty for $200 more dollars, what would you do? Especially if the dvd player has an excellent track record of being reliable. Even if it breaks I doubt it will cost anywhere near 200 to fix. OK, rant off.