Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Great DVD player, poor quality
I was ecstatic when I put in my first burned DVD into this DVD player and saw that it worked perfectly with decent (not great) video quality. And the picture quality for commercial DVDs is outstanding. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, none of these things matter when your DVD player doesn't work and it's made by a company who doesn't offer free tech support on its products. After a few months of owning the player (which has a very limited warranty, by the way) the unit stopped working and the power button started flashing red, prohibiting me from turning it on, or ejecting the disc I had in it before it started going haywire. The website offers little, to no tech support, and Philips representatives will not offer any advice over the phone. They won't even answer if the unit is fixable so even if you did want to pay the $15 for tech support over the phone, you wouldn't be sure if even THAT would help. <br /> <br />My advice: find a different DVD player made by a different, and more reliable, company. You may pay more, but buying this DVD player and then buying another DVD player after this one breaks would be more expensive in the long-run anyway.