CyberHome CH-DVD 300B Progressive-Scan DVD Player , Black
Perfect if you don't intend to use a surround sound system
This is a very inexpensive DVD player that is intended primarily for folks who want to hook it up to a TV without also bothering to connect it to a digital 5.1/6.1 surround sound system. It is inexpensive, in part, because it has no Dolby Digital/DTS/THX decoders built in, and thus no 5.1/6.1 and no digital optical output circuitry and jacks.  This helps keeps the costs down. It does, however, have an (inexpensive) co-axial digital audio output so if you have a surround sound receiver that has built-in decoders, you ought to be able to get true Dolby Digital 5.1/6.1 (although I have not verified this myself so caveat emptor).<br /><br />The picture is as good as any of the images generated by my more expensive DVD players that have all the bells and whistles.  It has progressive scan (but you have to set the component output ports to progressive scan by using the setup menu or they will not work properly - I spent a sweaty 20 minutes figuring this out !) and therefore DVDs look great on any TV that can handle this type of input (most modern analog TVs and all digital HDTVs). The image generated by the component video outputs running  in progressive scan mode is pristine - as good as you can get on all but the most expensive digital HDTVs.<br /><br />The remote is tiny and you have to point it directly at the unit, but it accesses all the functions and can be used to do all the set-up required.  You can adjust the brightnesss of the image and some other parameters to balance the image with that from your cable/satellite box, something that I cannot do with one of my other DVD players that cost more than 5 times as much.  This is a great buy for the money. I bought one for my Mom and then another one for a grandma.  I think I'm going to get a third for my bedroom. If you don't care about surround sound, this is the DVD player for you.