Philips DVD727 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
great for the price, but a few features are lacking
After a month of research, I settled on Philips DVD-727.  It's a good player, but it does have its drawbacks...<br />(...).<br />VIDEO:  You will be surprised be the video quality of this unit, esp. when set to progressive scan.<br />AUDIO:  Not bad, but could be improved... CD playback sounds a little hollow.  MP3 playback is pretty bad, plus it only shows you the first 10 or so characters of the file name.  :(<br />INTERFACE:  there's only a play, pause and stop button on the unit.  If you want to listen to CDs on this thing, you have to use the remote to change tracks.  :(  the remote is cluttered, and there's not many touch cues to help you locate buttons.<br />FEATURES:  very customizable and hackable.  very quick machine too.  the \\"3D sound\\" features are pretty poor though.  :/<br />VERDICT:  best DVD/CD/MP3 player (...)