Ok Haveing shipped my dodgy Encore 450 back to Amazon and realised that I would be without player for quite some time, given thier track record last december and all, I figured that I would go for refund and not replace.
This brought me to Tesco`s for my weekly shop and I was poking around thier selection of Wharf`s when I came accross the £200 (Give or take a penny) Philips.
Thinking "Hmm all the other stuff I have from Phillips is OK lets try this."
And I have to say I could not be mroe pleased. I have not once had a problem so far. Passes every test disc I could lay my hands on and horror of horrors it actually has a fairly resilient and well layed out remote!