Samsung DVD-M301 DVD Player
my first dvd player
Being my first dvd player, I don't have a strong basis for comparison.  But I can say the setup was extremely easy, the quality of the image appears excellent, the operation is largely intuitive, and the price seems right.  Downsides: the manual is pretty skimpy. While there is a shuttle wheel on the face plate, the remote doesnt offer one.  and the remote, which is called a universal remote, has no vcr controls, but does fine controlling my sony tv.  I have yet to try the MP3/cd-r playback.