Toshiba SD-1600 DVD Player
A review for the electronically challenged...
Once I got this DVD player hooked up, I found it easy to use.  The remote is well-organized, and it's easy to find and utilize all the features that make DVD player superior to your old VCR.  <br />My problem was getting the thing hooked up to the TV.  I have a TV with a built in VCR (bought precisely to avoid these hook-up problems); notably, the TV only has one input connection, and that was being used by my cable box.  Being a logical person, I knew that this meant I had to route the DVD through the cable box or the cable box through the DVD player.  The instruction manual was completely unhelpful.  It pretty much assumed that I wouldn't have a cable box or VCR to worry about.  If all you want to do is combine just a DVD player and a TV, it would be plenty helpful. I don't know anyone to whom that would apply, but if it's you, you're all set.  <br />This next part isn't exactly the DVD player's fault.  My cable box is a masterpiece of electronic illegibility - obviously designed to require a service call in order to change your hook up in any way.  After several calls to the cable company, I was told that I had two options, both of which would require me to buy additional equipment and neither of which made any sense to me.  Not wanting to incur a service charge from the cable company, I prevailed upon some friends who are electronic/computer experts.   I live in Seattle - there are plenty of guys who live for this stuff.  After much theorizing and trial and error, they finally got the DVD player working. <br />In all fairness, the DVD player wasn't responsible for all my problems - my TV and cable company were what created the chaos.  Nevertheless, this is not an uncommon combination of equipment, and I think that the instruction manual should have at least attempted to address it.