Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Good value for the money
This unit has a very good picture. Colors are vibrant and clear.  <br /> <br />It has an optical jack which allows you to hook the unit to your receiver directly for improved sound quality over the normal RCA jack connection. This feature seems to be more difficult to find as DVD players drop in price and this feature may be cut out to make the players cheaper to build.  <br /> <br />The remote is very user friendly and for the novice it doesn't look like an airplane cockpit with buttons all over the place for different features not used by the average person. <br /> <br />The look of the unit is very sleek and thin. It is only available in silver (a Black version would have been a nice option). I use the unit to play DVDs and DVD-Rs which it does without skipping or freezing. Older DVDs which have been scratched (kids) are played as if new.  <br /> <br />In my opinion, this unit is worth the extra few dollars over the bottom rung or cheaper players available on the market. I also found this unit to be a better quality then the few higher priced players. It seems like there our very few players available on the market these days compared to a few years ago and this is the one I went with after a lot of research and buying and returning a few other brands. Its very simple to use, stick the disc in the holder and off you go...its that easy.