RCA DRC225N Progressive Scan DVD with Slim Tray Design
Not half bad
After returning 2 DRC247N players because the power supplies emitted horribly loud high pitched squeals when powered off, I finally found this model.  No optical digital output, no display on the machine itself, but other than it sticking twice for about one half second while playing the first 2 discs I tried, it really is a decent machine.  Picture is smooth and artifact-free, sound is quite excellent, easily region-hackable, good looking cabinet.  Except for no display on the machine I find this to be a quite satisfactory unit.  Would like to have seen the remote be a bit larger and the keys a little better marked.  No problems so far with performance.  For a straight forward simple player, this is considerably better than about half a dozen other players I returned for various defects or lack of features.  If it lasts as well as it performs I will be very happy with the DRC225N.  I needed another player for Region2-PAL discs that I buy from the U.K.  This does the job very nicely and I found it at K-Mart for under $50.00.  Heck of a decent deal compared to so many fall-apart players out there in the same price range.  Another thing I like is the color balance is much better than other RCA players I tried.  Most had the typical RCA look of far too much green in the pix, and fleshtones much too orange.  This one does not have the color problems.  I'm keeping it.