Samsung DVD-M101 DVD Player
Decent enough, but you get what you pay for
I have to say that as far as DVD playback, digital is digital.  When you compare this to a VCR/VTR this thing blows 'em away.  I use the optical digital audio output so the sound is insane - excellent seperation for 5.1 channel movies, and *very* clear CD audio. But I use the standard RCA video output, and the thing still stomps all over my VTR for picture quality.  That said, there are a few (minor) frustrating things: Response to the remote commands is somewhat lethargic.  You have to wait a second or two before you know whether the unit &quot;heard&quot; your remote.  Also, it is a bit slow when loading a disc (DVD's and CD's take the same amount of time, it seems).  That leads me to my biggest complaint.  When I got this unit I was really looking for a CD player, but saw this as an opportunity to move into the world of digital video for quite a small amount of cash.  The CD support is really quite disappointing.  It flat won't play some CD's, and is rather finicky on most.  It has a lot of trouble with direct track access - it usually finds the right track, but starts about 3-10 seconds into the tune.  Sometimes it just won't even come close (like going to track 3 when looking for track 6).<BR>All in all, for DVD playback, including some pretty neat features, it's probably worth the money (note that it's not a lot of money).  Just don't expect it to replace your single disc player for CD Audio.