Apex AD-1500 DVD Player
Cheap and plays anything
Like other reviewers here, I could care less about anything other than playing a movie.  I got this because it can play any format I've put in it.  CDR, CDRW, DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP3 - you name it, this thing plays it.  We've had this one a few months, but other APEX machines we have are over a year old and still going strong.   Picture quality is fine and we have one hooked up to a surround sound system on which it has performed flawlessly.  The price is certainly right, too.