Pioneer DV-434 DVD Player
Great DVD player at a great price...
Yes, it does make a louder than usual loading sound but the movies, DVD and VCD, load very fast.  The playback fastforward, fastbackward, slow frame, resume play is very very quick.  You'd think the movie were on a harddrive.  Must have a good buffer.  Will play all the DVDs and VCDs I have unlike other players.<br />Only problem I have is that it is too big, wider and a bit taller than my quasar hi-fi VCR.  The rest of the features are good too.  The features are a bit more than what I expected.  (...)  I choose Pioneer because they are a better quality brand than Panasonic, Samsung, and the Generics.  A great simple player with progressive scan (sort of: read reviews)