Pioneer DV-414 DVD Player
Ignore raving reviews
I noticed the person who gave this player a bad review mentioned it was worst than his inexpensive VCR. That rang a bell. Because of the DVD's copyright protection mechanism, you can not run a DVD thru a VCR to a TV.  Although this person didn't describe their setup, the mention of the  comparison to an inexpensive VCR might imply that they also have a tv with  only one video input. Most people with such a setup would be tempted to  have both a VCR and DVD player connected at the same time. Going thru a VCR  seems like it should work, but it won't. Any DVD player will outperform any  VCR player. When someone says otherwise, there is an error somewhere.