Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
mixed feelings
Feature-wise, this is a great DVD player for the price.  It has progressive scan, component video output, optical audio output and co-ax audio output.  Normally I only find these features in high-end players.<br /><br />However, the low price doesn't come without a reason.  My first one died after 2 months.  While watching a rental DVD, it all of the sudden froze. After stop/start, it could no longer read any DVDs - the laser head died.<br /><br />Now I got a replacement. It jitters from time to time playing commercial DVDs. My guess is that the player uses a cheap error-correction module that doesn't do its job very well. (those DVDs play fine in my APEX player, BTW)<br /><br />I am leaving you to decide if it is worth the money.