Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
A bit loud, but otherwise terrific....
I have yet to explore the multitude of different formats this unit can play, but as essentially every other review has dealt primarily with those issues, I'd say anyone reading is already covered. <br /> <br />What I have experienced are a number of DVD's.  The picture is crisp and the progressive scan seems to be solid, but there is a bit of a drawback.  On discs that are in mint condition, the set plays nice and quietly.  However, any DVD with even minor scrathes will have an obscenely loud chirping eminating throughout the entire film.  It's quite amazing how violently different two DVD's of only marginal different in condition can play on it. <br /> <br />PAL conversion appears to be solid.  A few jaggies at the edges of objects occasionally, but nothing to fret about.  My main problem is with the set's inability to play DVD's that may not be mint without that incessant shill/chirping, as it renders any rentals nearly unwatchable for me.