Philips DVD727 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Looks good, low price, *fast* shipping, &amp; It really works!
It works! I got the cart before the horse, &amp; had several UK PAL Reg. 2 DVD's delivered, with no DVD player to my name. I'd decided on a Philips DVD727, but they had disappeared from the only local source(Target) *and* from Amazon. :^P<BR>The Philips DVD 727 finally appeared on Amazon again for a few days, US$70 delivered. Placed the order, it arrived days(4/8 instead of 4/13- kudos to Amazon) before the original delivery estimate. Finally hooked it up today, applied the &quot;hack&quot;, put in Britcom disc,AND: got rolling picture. :^P <br />Oh, yeah, I remembered. Went to System Menu, set TV output to NTSC. Bingo, all is well! 8^D<br />For my purposes, these old UK programs that were originally stored on tape, the picture &amp; sound is perfect. True DVD-o-philes may disagree, but I'm very happy with the player. It does exactly what I wanted it to do- plays the UK version of the Britcom DVD's('Allo 'Allo- my favorite), &amp; I'm sure it'll play good ole NTSC Reg.1 discs just fine- as well as JPEG discs for Grandma! If you can't find one locally, check Amazon every few days- they get 'em but seem to sell out fast.<br />Don't be fooled by I-net sellers selling &quot;multi-region&quot; DVD players with *claimed* hardware modifications. I almost went for that, but did a little more research before spending *lots* more $$. Want to play overseas DVD's? Get a Philips DVD727. Bang for the buck, ya can't beat it with a stick. You need one of these!<br />I'll post an update in a few months.