JVC XV-S500 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Beware!  Don't waste your time on this one...
Nice features and nice price.  If at least it could play DVDs...<br />I bought one at Future Shop (Best Buy) and out of 12 DVDs it had problems with the 12!  Things like credits (when there were few lines of text), the starting graphics of animation movies, even the THX sequence cause the scren to go black or flash.  I've tried changing a few options with no avail.  Some of the DVDs it had problems with: Time Machine, Harry Potter, Mosters Inc, Toy Story, Lord of the Rings (and the list goes on).  My old Sony DVD player (not progressive, no CD-R(W) or MP3) plays all these flawlessly (actually, I've never seem a problem with it and I have many DVDs).<br />I exchanged it for another unit.  Same problem.  It has been returned, but I lost too many hours of my leisure time.<br />Someone mentioned that JVC DVD players are not compatible with Sony HDTV (or HDTV-ready) TVs, and I do have a Sony TV, but it is an analogic one, and incompatibility with the oldest standard around would be a little bit too much.<br />Now I know why a Sony with less features cost the double of this one -- you get what you pay for.  It is a shame to see the company who invented VHS, was at least responsible for making video cameras popular, produce such a piece of junk!  Of course, I will never buy JVC again.