Samsung DVD-C631P 5-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player
A great DVD player for people on a budget.
Okay. A word of warning. I am not a techie or a/v expert.  I can't define &quot;progressive scan&quot; or stuff like that. I am just a guy who needed to replace a first DVD player (a KLH Audio single-disc player) with a better brand/make one.  I opted for the 5-disc model in case I ever get a DVD movie such as the Extended Version of Lord of the Rings or have a Steven Spielberg film festival or listen to several hours' worth of music without having to swap CDs or DVDs.  What concerned me the most, really, was quality vs. cost.<br />The KLH Audio DVD player I owned previously obviously had its problems. It would often freeze up, refuse to comply with Scene Selection commands, and had trouble reading DVDs made after 2000.  The worst drawback it had was that it would NOT read extra features discs from DVDs made after 2001.  It was good for playing movies all the way through from the beginning, but if you tried to start watching a DVD from another scene that wasn't the very first &quot;chapter,&quot; forget it.<br />It quickly dawned on me that I needed a more reliable player, and the Samsung DVD-C631P Progressive Scan 5-Disc DVD Player is definitely reliable. Loading it with more than one disc is, of course, more time consuming, but the carousel is gentler on DVDs and CDs than the loading tray on the single disc player. It has so far played all the movies I have sampled at random, including one DVD that the KLH Audio player always refused to &quot;read,&quot; meaning that KLH uses cheaper components than the more upscale Samsung brand has in its players.  Because my TV is also a Samsung product there was no need to go into the setup screen.<br />The remote control takes getting used to if one is upgrading from one DVD brand to Samsung, but that is to be expected.<br />Overall, if you are looking for a good DVD player at an affordable price, then I recommend the Samsung DVD-C631P Progressive Scan 5-Disc DVD Player wholeheartedly.