Pioneer DV275S Silver Progressive Scan DVD Player
Excellent sound quality for the money...
I came across this DVD player while auditioning a friend's speakers.  In his den, he had a one thousand dollar obscure-audiophile-brand CD player and a Sony 300CD carousel player, there was a huge improvement in sound with the audiophile CD player.  In his media room he had this Pioneer and I found the sound quality to be fairly close to the audiophile CD player...we tested them side by side!<br /><br />So for those of you who plan on using your DVD player that can deliver excellent musical performance, this would be a solid choice among the mass market stuff.<br /><br />For movies it's no slouch either.