Toshiba SD1700 DVD Player
Utilitarian.
It's not expensive, and it performs admirably well at its appointed task, the playback of standard DVDs. It will also play audio CDs. There are composite video outs, though if you have a monitor/TV that can use these, I bet you opt for a fancier DVD player. There is a SuperVideo output for those who cannot use the composites (and RCA outs for those who cannot use either), good Dolby/DTS audio outputs for your sound system (or a simple RCA out if you're just going to play it back on a regular TV), and a few zoom levels and screen angles as well, but this is still considered a basic unit. In that, it will not disappoint.