Sony DVP-NS400D DVD Player
Great first DVD player
Not having owned a DVD player before, I had to do a little research, but found that for the money, it's a really great player.  Menu options are very easy to understand, given I was so busy I didn't have the time to really RTFM and consequently learned by doing.  (it was very intuitive)  Also, the built in 5.1 surround sound decoder will come in very handy in the future, I'm sure.  One thing that I had to figure out for myself tho was that my older TV wasn't entirely compatible with the player, as it had only a coaxial cable input in the back of it.  But then I went to the radio shack website, and they had some info on how to hook up an RF Modulator.  Which sounds high falootin, but it's not really.  It was actually really fun.  Anyways, the player itself is fabulous.