Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Great until it died...
This player did live up to Philips advertisement of \\"You have it, we'll play it.\\"  That is until the player just died at about 5 months old.<br /><br />The problems with the machine started slowly.  One day, I had to press the power button a few times before it would turn on.  A couple of days later, I sat there pressing the power button for a few minutes... sometimes it would come on, then turn itself back off after a few moments.  I did eventually get it to turn on and stay on.  A few more days went by, and then it wouldn't turn on at all.<br /><br />We had this unit hooked up to a very good APC battery backup and surge system, so I'm sure that the power source wasn't the problem.  It sat on its own shelf, so it shouldn't have ever been exposed to too much heat from other components.  After reading other reviews here, I guess it's a common problem with this unit.