Apex AD-2500 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
A lot for [the price]
I used to be an audio/videophile that believed in buying high end brands.  Not anymore!  The difference in quality between low cost & high end DVD players is very hard to perceive unless you have the training of an expert and the high end equipment to tell the difference.  Almost all DVD players today use the same DVD decoder chips that are made by just a few major companies, so the electronics are basically the same.<br />I wanted a cheap player that would handle playing movies, home video's, and music (CD, MP3 and WMA) on any media format (DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW).  It does all that I wanted, and it exceeded my expections with the nice menu screen for playing back MP3s & WMA.  Now I have it all: I can watch rented DVD movies, playback my kid's home videos burned onto DVD, and listen to the equivalent of 30 CDs that I ripped into MP3 or WMA on 1 CD (better than a carosel CD player!).  As long as it lasts a few years, I'll be happy.