Toshiba SD1700 DVD Player
Toshiba 1700 vs 1600
Received 1600 for Christmas,2000 after reading customer reviews on Amazon.com. One reviewer,with a multidisc player,purchased 1600 for a second room because it was relatively inexpensive. It quickly developed that the 1600 became the DVD player of choice, despite the single disc. We are now looking for DVD player as a family present and did not know about 1700 (they do look alike). The 1600 is an excellent simple to operate machine.  Based on the posted review comparing 1600 and 1700 will go for 1600 again. Simple is better. Many excellent reviews for 1700 but also those where the luck of the draw was a defective machine.  1600 price is a bit higher but that's my final answer. DVD is an excellent  format that yields &quot;film&quot; quality movie viewing(from Gladiator, 2000 to The Great Waldo Pepper, 1975). Hope the Matrix works as well on the 1600 as the 1700 because this present goes to a 30 something household. Five stars for 1600, the reader will need to look to others for the 1700.