Philips DVD724AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player
What CAN"T this thing do?
I wish I could say I researched this before purchase, but we grabbed it at [a store] and have watched the price drop consistenetly since.  But we aren't complaining because there is little to moan about when it comes to this kick-a-- player.  It plays all makes of CDR and DVD movies thrown at it so far.  The Phillips CS dept tells me it can only play +DVDRW, but from what I have seen... there is no limit to its potential, making this one strong player.  <BR>You decide, but the only complaint I have is the fact that you have to push the Progressive Scan button (next to the DVD disk tray) to engage the  feature.  To make it even more fun, Phillips neglected to design an easy to read  indicator to tell you its on besides going three menus deep.  But really, what ... do you want, a porta-let in your lazyboy? Get off your bums and move a little. Unique features that I love: the scene skip to miss the start which many DVDs cannot skip/sound selection DTS to Dolby without any menu delays/and 3X zoom funstion ( a great benefit for photo viewing) , and its all done from the miniscule remote that is the first one to be usurped by a multi-brand remote anyway.<BR>The MP3 capability is nice with menu options, but is limited in no \\"random\\" and length of alpha/num characters it can display.  Newcomers to this technology must read th eentire manual before enjoying the full benefits, as one or two miskeyed menu entries may override all your button pushing (like not having \\"film\\" selected when running progressve scan).<BR>Needless to say, we never took it back as the generous return policy allows, and I have moved my CD player elsewhere as my compenent rack is minimized once again.<BR>Oh, one final note,  it is usually a good shopping policy to go with one of the designers of the format (DVD) you are playing. Phillips /Sony are the main players (I have heard of many bad compatability issues concerning the finicky Sony players/recorders)