Toshiba SD-3950 Progressive Scan DVD Player
Easy, inexpensive, does the job.
After reading the reviews, some of which were pretty negative, I still bought the Toshiba Sd3950...hey, it was in my budget.  It hooked up immediately (even for a non-technophile), started playing beautifully.  I like my electronics simple to operate and work without problems.  This DVD player has given me all that.  No sound problems, no problems with the remote, no problems period.  My experience has been A-OK and I would buy this item again.