Panasonic DVD-RV32S DVD Player, Silver
I have had two shipping delays ...  Shipping has arrived
...This is my first DVD player and I did not shop around at a store or anything, so I hardly knew what to expect.  The most satisfying thing I have found in this unit regards one of my concerns about playing DVDs.  I always liked the idea that I could pull a rented VHS tape out at any time and pop it back in to start playing right where I left it.  This is just natural for a tape cartridge type system, but doesn't naturally occur in a DVD.  But this unit has a \\"position memory\\" feature.  Just hit the \\"position memory\\" button on the remote and you can even turn it off and when you put the DVD back in and hit play when it prompts you to, you are back where you left it.  Very nice.<br />I am not so sure about the sound.  It seems as though the sound on my VCR is a little louder, but I am not using the optical hook up and maybe that is where the unit has commited its high fidelity features.  It's not bad though and good enough for me.  I am using the S video hookup and that seems to work pretty well as near as I can tell.<br />I have experienced a few brief frame freezes and pixelations, but I am ready to be convinced that it is the disk that has the problem and my viewing experience is still better then it ever was with VHS.  For the price, DVD is the way to go.  I remember when it cost me 325$ US to get a Mono audio two head JVC VHS unit.