Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Lots of capability. Very flexible.
I chose this for its ability to display on the TV practically any multimedia file especially including .avi and .mpg. They are accessed by a short on-screen menu the player itself generates. All NTSC coded material - most of what I have - plays beautifully. Almost seems to improve a VHS videotaped TV program transferred to DVD as if it has picture enhancement. It plays PAL encoded material BUT without a dual standard TV, the displayed output is marginal... The player can output it, but an NTSC (only) TV cannot display PAL. No problem. I view those files on the computer screen.