Panasonic DVD-S97S Progressive Scan DVD Player Silver
Panasonic's quality consistancy comes through again!
I've been using DVD players since 1999 and for those 6 years I have found Panasonic's to be the most reliable and \\"quirk\\" free.  The S97 follows in that tradition.  I've purchased a couple of upconverting players over the past month, including the Samsung 841, and they all have had certain quirks like DTS dropout and downscaling of picure when using HDMI to DVI cables.  I wouldn't recommend upconverting DVD's (on any player) to 1080i, however at 480p the picture quality is nearly flawless.  The color accuracy is amazing when using the HDMI output.  The sound quality for music and movies is very good as well.  The S97 has the best sound quality I've heard from any universal DVD player.  Buy this player and I guarantee you won't return it because of \\"quirks.\\"