CyberHome CH-DVD 300B Progressive-Scan DVD Player , Black
Excellent player
I bought this player as a secondary player because my Panasonic DVD couldn't handle most brands of DVD-R disks or PAL disks. So far I like CyberHome 300s - it played nearly all DVD-R disks that I tried. Image quality is pretty much perfect - I can't tell the difference between this player and the one that cost me 5 times as much. PAL playback on 4:3 NTSC tv is just fine - while I saw some intermittent artifacts I didn't have any of the problems that some other reviewers claim. <br />The player is very small - it is smaller than my cable box. In fact, it is the smallest DVD player I have ever seen.<br />One thing that could be a problem is the operating temperature range. The upper limit is at about 95 degrees according to the manual. If you put the player in a poorly ventilated home entertainment rack it could potentially malfunction.<br />6.5 Watts for standby power consumption is probably slightly above average. Not everybody lists it but my Yamaha reciever, for example, has 5 Watt rating.