Philips DVD727 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Don't be scared off by sour high-enders
If *I* had not inadvertently shut off the video signal by pressing a series of incorrect buttons on the remote, I would have zero days of complaint to report about this DVD player.  (Thanks to the directions posted here by JH on 8/4/04, I was able to reactivate the video!)  This is a great, basic, few-frills DVD player and a wonderful value for the price.  It has standard and S-video outputs and stereo audio.  The slim profile is also great for those who don't want another hulking A/V component to house.  I have never bothered to explore the gadget-y feature buttons on the remote (zoom, A-B, etc.) because all I want is to play DVDs -- and I have gotten more than my money's worth of that out of this machine.  And now that I reveresed the effects of my random remoting, I fully expect that this will continue.