This is an awfully important product to purchase, in our case, when buying a portable DVD player. We've had the warranty in the past on another DVD player, and the player had to be replaced, after a year. If we hadn't had the warranty, we would have had to pay for repairs or replacement. The only odd part of warranty is that it isn't clear how to obtain it. I was told I would receive an email, but I didn't, so I checked my order to see where the missing item was, and it linked me in to print the warranty directly from the Walmart website, which I didn't expect. Even with a little confusion, the product is definitely worth the money!