Panasonic DVD-RV30 DVD Player
can't play CD-R and a bunch of useless features
I didn't even consider buying it simply because it cannot play CD-R. Audio experts agree that a DVD player plays CD better or at least as good as a CD player (due to it's ability to handle more complex data on a DVD). So a DVD is a great CD player also. However, the panasonic (Toshiba 1600 too) does not play music on a CD-R disk. My friend and I have dozens music CD-Rs that we burned from each others' CD collections. With many people burning music CDs these day, this is a bad omission. Also the inclusion of subwoofer jack is useless. Subwoofer should be connected to a receiver. If you connect a subwoofer to DVD player, then the subwoofer cannot be connected to other sources like CD player, VCR, etc. It's just stupid to include all these useless features. A good DVD player should have great audio/video performance AND simple.