Samsung DVD611 DVD Player
A Pleasant Surprise!
After entering the world of DVD on a somewhat sour note (I purchased a  GE/Thomson brand player first), I was a bit skeptical as to the performance  of affordable players.  But, this player pleasantly surprised me.  I tried  it out on all my discs and it has yet to skip!  It also has advanced  features like zoom, and is DTS compatible.  For those of you who are lucky  enough to have TV's with component jacks, this has them too in addition to  its analog jacks, and S-video output.  Do yourself a favor, if you want to  buy a DVD player and don't have surround sound capabilities, save yourself  the cash and buy this unit.  Trust me, Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, and  Toshiba don't really have anything else much better(unless you want a Dolby  digital decoder) to offer.