Pioneer DV525 DVD Player
I'm very happy with this machine
I purchased this machine a couple of months ago.  I have to say that I'm very happy with the machine.  Setting it up was simple.  The picture is great.  Setting up the video preferences is a piece of cake - if the screen  looks warped (as it did the 1st time I put in a 4:3 aspect ratio film), you  can easily change the setting to fix it.  Most video (and some audio)  features can be changed on the fly (the menu comes up over the movie), so  you can adjust the picture settings easily, a much appreciated feature.<br />I  can't really comment on the audio, as I simply have it plugged in through  my television.  There doesn't seem to be any difference between the audio  settings (there is a feature that supposedly allows you to dampen the  background noise and bring out the speech, but on the discs I've tried, I  can't notice a difference - again, this may be related to the lack of audio  equipment).  Switching between languages and/or subtitles is a little more  cumbersome than switching video, in that you have to actually stop the  movie, but still straightforward (and the movie restarts right where you  stopped it).<br />The remote is easy to use.  I have a couple of minor  complaints.  1. There aren't any buttons on the actual machine - since  pretty much everything goes through the menus (the play button is only good  for restarting after pausing, it seems), they should put those buttons  physically on the machine.  This, of course, is a general complaint of all  electronic equipment made in the last 10 years.  What happens when the dog  gets hold of the remote?  2. The slow motion (frame by frame) manipulation  is difficult/non-intuitive.  You really have to play with the buttons to  figure out how to change speed, etc.<br />I looked at a few machines before  purchasing this one, and would make the same choice again.  Recommended for  the DVD neophyte such as myself.