Product review (4 stars): Ours works just fine
Mind you it is only a week old.  I almost didn't buy it because of the resounding number of negative reviews.  But the price seemed right and it came with a warranty so took the chance.
Observations:
It gets the clothes clean.  Mission accomplished.
It will not give you pure hot or pure cold, but all the new washers are that way.
It's not that loud.  It makes some clicking noises when first starting up.  It does make a slow see saw type noise in wash cycle, but not loudly and you get used to it.  It's a different sound, but not annoying.  The rinse and spin cycles are very quiet.  I have it in a very small basement suite and so I'm right near it when its running and it's really just not that noticeable.  TV is louder.
The lid lock is mildly annoying but only on the first day when it's new and you really want to open it and see what's going on in there.  Beyond that, the lid lock is not bothersome.  You press stop/pause and it stops within seconds (unless of course it's spinning in which case it takes longer to stop).
I don't find the cycle took all that long, but I have other things to do when the laundry is in there so I don't notice that type of thing. When it's done, it's done and it goes in the dryer. It probably is longer than a normal cycle in old style machine, but it's not bothersome.
The best thing about it is actually the dryer that is paired with it.  YMEDC200XW.  I've never had clothes come out of the dryer looking that nice in all the years/decades I've been doing laundry.

This set is now being discontinued and can be picked up at a nice discount.