Panasonic DVD-S35K Ultra Slim Progressive Scan DVD
Great DVD player at a great price
My family likes this machine a great deal, the Amazon.com price is better than any I've found for a single disc, progressive scan player.  We originally purchased it for our daughter's small 13in TV, but when my husband saw the picture difference between our old non-progressive scan player and this new one, our daughter got the old machine and this one was connected to the family room's HDTV and surround sound system.  So far its played every disc we've thrown at it, even older DVDs that are scratched (the ones our other player refused to play and would prompt that infuriating \\"no disc\\" display as the popcorm goes cold), CD-R's, MPGs & video CDs.  Its easy to hook up and you can operate it without extensive study of the manuel.  The zoom feature that allows you to get rid of the black lines of letterboxed movies is my favorite feature.  With our old player using that feature affect the picture quality cuz it always seemed that some part of the movie was being left off the screen, but thats not the impression with this machine.  You don't really notice the zoom is on at all.<br />There were 3 tiny insignifigant, annoyances<BR>1) There were no instructions or info that allowed connecting the player to my satellite receiver.  I ended up having to call Panasonic and found that it needed to be hooked up directly to the TV or via our surround sound system.  Our old Toshiba allowed connection through the receiver.  Hooking it to the TV means you have to utilize the TV's tv/vid button, so if you've lost your TV remote, and  you want to switch between the TV and a movie, you'll have to get up and do it manually.  And even if you have the remotes, you'll have to juggle if either isn't unified.  Its not a problem with the set up we have now, but it would've been, had it stayed in my daughters room, since her TV remote disappeared a while ago. She uses the satellite remote to control every thing but can't access the TV's Tv/Vid control with that.  She would've had to get up toswitch and you know how opposed teenagers are to actually getting up while watching anything.  <br />2) Also, the input connectors that came with the player has red, yellow & white plugs, but my daughters TV video inputs only have white and yellow inputs and the manuel didn't mention what to do in that case.  The solution was simple, just don't connect the red  on the DVD end, but it would've been nice if the manuel had mentioned that scenero. (what would be really nice was if the people who wrote those manuels approached it as if the person doing the set up would have no idea as to what they'd be doing.  I bet it would cut down on calls to help lines.  But thats just a pet peeve of mine having nothing to do with this wonderful machine.)<br />3) The numbered buttons on the remote are very small, probably not a problem for women with small hands but my husband hates them and ends up dropping the remote when trying to use them.<br />Those 3 things account for my 4 out of 5 stars rating.<br />Other than that I have no complaints with this purchase and am planning to purchase another of the same model very soon.  You go with what works, right.  In short, you won't go wrong if you purchase this machine.