JVC XV-S300 DVD Player
Great Player &amp; Bright/Dark Picture Problems Explained
This a great basic DVD player and should prove to be reliable.  The problem mentioned by some reviewers of alternating brightness has nothing to do with the player.  This is caused by Macrovision Copy-Protection and can affect your TV's picture even with a direct connection between the DVD player and TV on some TV models.  I worked with Macrovision on this and got nowhere.  I finally got a Macrovision-Killer and that fixed the problem.