Sony DVP-S550D DVD Player
Elegant engineering, great video and audio
After hours of research online, I decided to trade in my JVC XV511 DVD player for this one.  Of course, I read about the lip-sync issue, but I also found out that Sony has corrected the problem with a firmware update,  and models currently at the store already have this update.  It was evident  from reviews that apart from the lip-sync issue, the player was blowing  everyone away.  Now, I have to add my voice to that chorus -- this product  is amazing.  Though the JVC had a great picture, the Sony's is absolutely  stunning.  With a component video connection, I see no flicker in fine edge  detail, and the colors are so rich they leap off the screen.  Setting up  the 5.1 speaker output was easy, with an intuitive graphical interface.   The remote is similarly intuitive, although it took me a few minutes to get  used to the navigation button and jog wheel.  The player feels solid, discs  load very quickly, regular CDs sound excellent, and Sony has packed in a  dozen small bonuses (like being able to save a favorite frame as the  player's default display when not playing) -- all of which leaves me very  satisfied, even amazed.  With the lip-sync issue now resolved, and unless  you want to spend twice as much money, you can't do better than this  player.