Sony DVP-C650D DVD Player
Very Satisfied
I havn't utilized all the features yet, so I gave it 4-4.5 stars.  I have an Onkyo receiver 575 that has a built-in digital decoder so that wasn't most important consideration when I bought this product.  For the price  range, 400-550, for a multi-disc CD/DVD player, I narrowed it down to this  Sony and an Onkyo DV-C600. Having an Onkyo receiver, I really wanted to  select the Onkyo CD/DVD player.  It was important for me to be able to  randomly shuffle and play CDs.  The Onkyo doesn't do this, that narrowed it  down to the Sony for me.  When I have company or a small party, I don't  like interrupting conversation to see what I can play next.  While I don't  need all the hook-ups now, the Sony provides more than enough to connect to  this player.  The Onkyo provided just ample connections.  I am passing the  sound through the Optical digital Out to my Receiver which then converts to  5:1 output to my 6 speaker system.  I never realized what a piece of  garbage my old CD player was.  The sound and depth is great.  I can't vouch  for the decoder on the SONY player.   I see a lot of comments elsewhere of  not playing CD-R's.  Sony makes it clear as well as most others, that this  is not supported so don't expect it.  If you do, check out the Marantz  VC5000..., I think it will play CD-R's. As far as the Video  features, I have no complaints.  I'm using the S-video out to my 50 inch  TV.  It pretty cool to rotate the speed from the remote and easy to jump  back/forth to scenes.  The remote has a glowing color in the dark but not  bright enough to really see, minor drawback.  At first I thought the player  was having all kind of video problems because it would get stuck on certain  scenes and you have to skip a chapter to get past it.  The problem often  lies with the DVD itself.  Blockbuster doesn't clean them or might have  scratches, so check your DVD before playing it, clean it yourself. A  thorough review of the instructions is necessary but I don't view that as adrawback if that means there a more features than most other players.   For  the price/features you won't be disappointed.  You may find it cheaper  elsewhere...but...look at there return policy, it will likely be 7 days  (and you never heard of them).  Amazon gives you a no questions 30 day  policy.  The comfort was worth the [cost].