Panasonic DVD-RV31K DVD Player, Black
Very impressive for 200 bucks
I was looking for a workhorse DVD player and this model fits the bill.  The audio &amp; video quality is excellent.  I have used it with DTS-surround audio CD's, a variety of movies from mono through Dolby Digital through DTS; and overburnt 705MB CD-R's and CD-RW's with MP3's from 32k to 256k.  Just to give an example of the capabilities, you can get 48 hours of old-time radio shows onto one 700MB CD-R at 32k.<br />It's handled everything superbly.  I never thought MP3's could sound so great until I started putting my collection of CD-R's through this unit (usually I do 128k and they sound great).  For the price this unit is incredible; cheaper than many portable MP3 players.  My only wish is for some sort of filename display/CD-Text/ID3 tag display system would be nice (either on the unit's display or via TV).