Daewoo DVG-9000N Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Good features, bad quality
The features for this unit are impressive - progressive scan, conversion PAL-NTSC, you can make this player accept DVD from other regions, VGA out. But what's the point if basic playback doesn't work. After 10 minutes of playing it starts flickering, every 5-10 seconds. This was very annoying. <br />When it didn't flicker, the picture was not great, but acceptable. White color was slightly shimmering. I was using two other players with progressive scan - Panasonic RP-56 and Philips Q50 and their picture is by far superior. If you look for a good inexpensive progressive scan DVD player and you don't need multi-region capability, take RP-56. I haven't tested well enough Q50 but so far it is really great. I've heard it freezes sometimes (once or twice during a movie) for a second but so far I didn't see it. These both players have the Faroudja FLI2200 de-interlacing chip and you really can see the difference if you have HDTV.<br />The bottom line: buying 9000N is like a lottery - feel happy if you get a good unit. I sent mine already back to Amazon.