Toshiba SD3750 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Very Pleased
I spent all day yesterday and today researching DVD players online, and then went to three major electronics stores to try them out and figure out which one was the best.  I knew I wanted the following features:<br />Progressive scan - even though I don't have a TV that can utilize, I may upgrade soon<BR>Advanced Menu System<BR>MP3/CD - with MP3, I wanted a navigational system, and most importantly I wanted to be able to random play the disc.<br />I took an MP3 CD to the store and popped it in each of the MP3/DVD players.  I tried probably 20 or 30 of them in the end, and I was most impressed with the Toshiba.  It loaded the disc the quickest, and random play worked like a charm.  Scan time was the quickest when it had to jump around the disc.  It has a navigation system online, but only supports the first 8 characters and ends with the ~1 characters.  <br />It has S-Video output and the newer colorstream component output.  I'm stuck with the A/V typical jacks.  Regardless of me being stuck with the worst grade video output because of my older TV, the picture looked great.  I watched O Brother Where Art Though, and as far as I could tell, it looked fantastic.  Sound is hooked into my Sony receiver and it sounds great, too.  I pop an MP3 disc in and hit shuffle and it works as expected.  No support for tags...nor can you fast-forward through a song, though.  When I got home, I compared this model to other more expensive models, and it had all their features and more...so I feel like I made a wise investment, and am very happy with the product.  It also comes with an advanced remote which allows you to do angle shots, zoom in/out, record and loop frames, turn on subtitles, etc., etc.