Toshiba SD4800 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Third time's a charm!!
After an arduous journey through the world of HDTV, Progressive Scan, and Dolby/DTS 5.1, I have to say that I have finally found my golden fleece.  As a beginner, I thought Sony was the brand to buy, but I was much chagrined after seeing the Toshiba.<br />I first had a Sony DVP-NS715P that I exchanged for a Sony DVP NC655P 5-Disc Changer.  On both Sony models, the progressive scan image quality was terrible.  The reds and blues would appear blurry and horridly undefined.  The only way I could get it to look halfway decent was to run the player through S-Video on Interlaced, defeating the purpose of having progressive scan.  At first I thought it was my TV, but when I tested it out with the same TV with different settings at the dealer at which I bought my TV (A Sony KV32HV600 HDTV Monitor, mind you), it still looked bad.  I tested the Toshiba SD-4800 and the image quality between them was like night and day.  The clarity and definition was more than what I had expected from HDTV/Progressive scan.  I took the DVPNC655P back to Best Buy and got the Toshiba, and I won't be looking back!