Philips DVD825AT DVD Player
Good value for money (and plays CD-R(W) !)
I got this unit mostly because it claims to play CD-R VCDs. Within a week of getting it, I was ripping VHS tapes on my computer and writing VCDs, and it does indeed work. No more tape wear on the kids' favourites, and instant  rewind, too!<br />I have also watched several movies on it, and they all  worked fine with quite reasonable video and audio performance for my TV (I  don't have an HDTV set and the TV isn't hooked up to the stereo, so the  limiting factor isn't the player).<br />I am somewhat concerned about the  claim for 24/96 audio, though; the specifications in the manual claim 48  kHz sampling rate and audio performance more consistent with 16 bit DACs.  The sticker on the front says &quot;24 bit digital audio&quot; but I'm  willing to bet this just means it if you hook the digital output to a  capable decoder. From what I can tell, the built-in codecs are the same  kind of 48 kHz 16 bit ones you can find on any computer sound card or cheap  portable CD player these days.<br />This, and the fact that they didn't  include an S-Video cable in the box, loses the fifth star.