Panasonic DVD-RP56 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
The VERY BEST DVD player for the (dollar amount) price range - period.
I did *alot* .. no I did *TONS* of research on a DVD player for my 1998 Sony KV-32S40 32\\", trinitron television.  It's a fantastic TV and I needed a fantastic DVD player to match it.  After perusing the internet for about a month I came to the following conclusion as the most important feature:<br />Video RAM DAC<br />What is Video RAM DAC?  A standard (interlaced is the technical term) DVD player has a Video RAM DAC of 27 MHz/10-bit.  27MHz is 2x oversampling for interlaced video and no oversampling for progressive. By going to 54 MHz, you now have 2x oversampling for progressive. (4x for interlaced).  The difference is somewhat minimal in video quality but for (dollar amount) (...) you get the *best* DVD video quality for an interlaced player and a great start when you uprade to HDTV with the progressive side of the player.<br />You can't go wrong!