Wanlida/Malata DVD-806 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Good player for the price
This is a player with very nice features for the price. It has a built-in counter/display, which most of the other cheap players omit. Having both types of digital output is useful. I also like the slim design. It seems to play every type of dvd media quite nicely. It will not play any .avi or .mpg files on either dvd or cd. It may play vcd's, but I don't have any of those. One feature that I like is that it will play mp3's from a dvd-r, and there are no restrictions on the number of files in a folder either. Very nice. That way you can play music for a couple of days nonstop without having to swap disks... The remote is better than most of the low end competition, both ergonomically and in terms of available functions.    Update 3/17/05: I have tested a VCD and an SVCD, the unit will play both without any problems, fast forward, rewind and all other functions are implemented. However, it did have an overscan problem with the SVCD I played, a small part of the screen on the left and possibly right edge also was cut off.    Update 10/6/07: We now own 2 of these players and both are failing to turn on normally, they freeze several times and have to be power cycled repeatedly before starting to function. Once they are on and not turned off they still work perfect. Looks like some really cheap capacitors were used in the power circuitry that are now ruining the players. It is truly a shame as these are otherwise outstanding machines. We now keep both of them on at all times, and as of yet they still work.