Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
A very elegant, versatile and powerful player at a very attractive price.
I design microchips for a living and I am extremely fussy about my electronics. This player is very slim, and can literally play anything I throw at it, including PAL DVDs, and MPEG4 audio. It has TOSLink and coaxial digital outputs, as well as Y, Cr, Cb video outs, in addition to the standard output set. It lacks an RF modulator, so it does not output to channel 2 or 3. Your TV would have to be pretty old for this to be a problem. <br />Given the current industry confusion over Blu-Ray or HD DVD as the  standard for Hi-Def, this is a great intermediate player. One thing important to note. This player takes several seconds to load a DVD. I believe this is because it is scanning the disk surface for multiple formats. Its not really an annoyance, but did scare me a little at first.