CyberHome CH-DVD 500 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Incredible features for the price
The feature list of this player would indicate it to be very high end, but it's incredibly low-priced.  I bought one and so did a friend (on my advice).  The one I bought was defective (drawer did not open), but the replacement was fine.<br />The other DVD players I've used are 2+ years older, so either the state of the art has improved tremendously or this model just has an unusually good menu system and great handling of MP3s.  Earlier models were clumsy at best in many areas, but this one is quite excellent.  The menu system is clear and logical, and the MP3 handling is very, very good (support for long filenames, subdirectories, browsing titles while playing a song, instantaneous starting of a song, and decoding a wide range of bit rates).  I can also vouch that it \\"plays\\" JPEG files, letting you rotate then and zoom in & out & do a slide-show.  And folks, it decodes Dolby Digital and DTS into 5.1 analog outputs, does progressive scan, and has all the expected types of connections!  (I wish it came in black, but that's minor.)<br />Really, the number and strength of features makes this a no-brainer ....  (2 of these is still less money than people spent on a decent DVD player a couple years ago or a decent CD player 15 years ago or a high-end MP3 player even today.)<br />Oh, and by the way, they have a great web site ... and you can download and install (via CD-R/RW) the latest firmware into the machine, which I did successfully.  The company even lists what they fixed/improved in each update.  Refreshing for a audio/video product!