Philips DVD963SA DVD / SACD Player
Slam-Dunk!
I purposely waited a year to write this review to see if any of the issues mentioned previously arose.  The unit I purchased was a demo, to boot, and had seen service for over a year before I came to own it.  That said, the unit has performed flawlessly with the minor exception of an inherent unforgiveness for MP3 playback; which for me is a minor consideration.  The picture matches well many more (and some obscenely) expensive units and the SACD (why I bought it)section is sublime; throw in the benefit of CD upscaling and I felt as though I had stolen it.  Sure the unit has some idiosyncrasies, but when a unit does what this has done and at a real world price point, I am not above tailoring its many facets to my taste (or going to the trouble of figuring those facets out) before issuing a blanket condemnation of an entire company.  It aspires to the High-End and coupled with the right components knocks anything within a thousand dollars out of the ring.