Toshiba SD-5970 DVD Player with HDMI
Not worth the hassle
This is the most frustrating DVD player I've ever owned.  When it works, it's fine, but . . .    Remote is badly designed, you need a light on to use the thing.  The pause button is buried between the repeat button and the fluorescent dimmer.  Why?    I can deal with the remote.  The biggest problem is that it is very slow to recognize discs if it does so at all.  If the disc is not pristine and dust free, it skips or simply doesn't recognize at all.  I don't even bother with it using the kids CDs anymore, too frustrating.    My $39 Apex is far more reliable.    Update 2/2006:    Player totally failed 1/2006.  I swore at the time to never buy another Toshiba product.  But . . .    I called Toshiba Customer Support and they sent me a new player (SD-6980) which so far is fantastic (and adds new features as well):    - Good remote  - Reads most any disc  - Flash card reader  - DIVX support