Toshiba SD2805 5-Disc Carousel DVD and CD Player
Great player.... on most DVDs
We loved, loved, loved our first DVD player, a Toshiba that worked flawlessly, except on one scene of one particular disc which was damaged anyway.  But we wanted a multi-disc player, so when we found this Toshiba at a very reasonable price, we jumped.  It actually plays the damaged disc flawlessly, and purports to play CD-Rs (which our old player wouldn't) and MP3s (which is a feature I haven't tried, mostly because I'm not really interested (I hook up my iPod to my stereo instead when I want to hear MP3s over my big speakers (which I don't usually...))).<br />Overall, it's a great player.  The DVD playback is flawless, picture and audio-wise.  And CDs sound great, too.  I haven't tried the MP3 functionality or the CD programming features; I mostly use the system to watch movies.  We use component video to connect directly to our Sony WEGA 32&quot; TV.  It's phenomenal.  Star Wars and Lord of the Rings both look perfect, better even than in the theatre, though they are smaller.  Funnily enough, the high picture quality reveals the flaws in the transfer of The Matrix, which is unfortunate, since I love that movie, but that's probably more to do with our TV than the DVD player.<br />The remote is comfortable and attractive, much better than Sony's remotes.  However, the most important button, PAUSE, is one of the hardest to find by touch.  I like to watch movies in the dark and even when I have the lights on, I still don't want to have to look for the pause button.  Take a note from Tivo, guys, and make the Pause button the most prominent and easiest to find by touch!  My other complaint about the remote system is that although it is possible to access any disc via the disc skip button on the remote, I would like button on the remote to behave the same way as the button on the machine, i.e. I should be able to skip immediately onto the next disc by pressing it multiple times instead of waiting for one to load.  I guess that's a personal preference issue.<br />A wordto the wise: don't pick up the player and tilt it with discs inside.  They will fall out of their trays and wrack you with worry as you hope none of them break when you open the tray to correct your mistake.  None of my discs were scratched or broken when I did this.  It's a stupid mistake, but learn from my experience!<br />Besides the disc jumble, installation is a snap.  Every output you might need is on the back, including fiber optic for the audio, which I recommend (although our Sony receiver doesn't have a fiber-in for the DVD, and I have to use the CD setting, what's with that?), component video, PCM audio, and RCA audio and video.  Component video is king for analog sets, and I recommend that route if your TV supports it.  I haven't checked out the PCM and RCA outs perform.<br />So what's bad about this player?  My remote quibbles are minor annoyances.  But here's the problem: for whatever reason, it just will not play some DVDs.  I started noticing the problem when we bought the new Beauty and the Beast special edition DVD for our daughter, two months after we got the player.  I got as far as the menu, but the movie would never start, or the player would behave erratically.  Since then, I've noticed about 30% of Netflix movies cause the same problem or won't play at all, which is what my copies of The Princess Bride and 2001 do.  I have to resort to watching those on our old DVD player on our smaller, bedroom TV. Even Star Wars hangs up every third time I watch it or so.  I don't know if the B&amp;B DVD caused the problem or was just the first indication.  All I know is that I feel cheated by the whole thing, since I'm well beyond all the warranty and exchange periods now.  Buyer beware!