Hyundai HDP-550S DVD Player
The subtitle problem can be fixed!
I haven't tried too many DVD players, but it seems to play the DVDs we rented fine, so it gets 3 stars for satisfactory performance on that count.  It doesn't get any more stars than that because of the subtitle problem, which is the result of poor programming on Hyundai's part.  But here's a workaround that we figured out by reading the manual.  When the DVD tray is open, press the &quot;setup&quot; button and choose &quot;language&quot; on the menu that appears.  On the popup menu, move to the &quot;subtitle&quot; entry and press &quot;enter&quot;.  Then scroll to a language other than English, such as German.  Press &quot;enter&quot;, and then exit the setup menu.  The settings will be saved, and you can now load your DVD, which will then play without any subtitles appearing.  The settings will be kept after you turn off your DVD player, too.<br />So, the annoying subtitle problem can be fixed, but it is annoying that it has to be dealt with in the first place.