Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
its the bomb
the one down-side is the poor ergonomic and structural/functionali8ty design of the remote control, plus the on-screen graphics (root directory,etc) are visually lame, but besides that, this guy plays just about anything format-wise.  it even plays .avi video movies I had previously burned to CD.  No need to make an .avi-to-VCD or SVCD disc conversion....will play goth NTSC and PAL regions (there is a code), will play mp3s burned to CD, .jpg files viweable,audio CD, DVDs, etc. <br />Very very happy with this unit and the price is incredible, great value.  I even like the little 'searching' sound when the player reads the index files of each disc, although for some people thats a drawback. <br />Go for it, you will be pleasantly surprised.