Apex AD-1600 DVD Player
You can't beat this for the price
One note, mine is the 1500, not the 1600 model.  Seems the 1600 model was a lemon.  It plays DVD's, foreign DVD's, VCD's, S-VCD's, CDR-RW with MP3's, and CD music. This particular model is great for people who make their own VCD's - there are no country specific codes on this model so any DVD regardless of region should play perfectly. The remote is confusing - lots of small buttons, but over time it becomes quite intuitive. I think this particular player is better than some of the Pioneer and Sony's at 3 times the price. There is a S-video and a composite out jack for people with better televisions with s-video inputs (like me).    Only bad thing, no true stereo or dolby out, just a left/right mono out. You really can't tell the difference unless you are going for true 3d theater, in which case why are you bothering looking at sub-($$$) systems anyway?     I run the s-video out to my set, and the left and right channels out of the deck into an Onkyo 200W amp, and into 2 Baby Advent III speakers I have mounted on the rafters, and I'll tell you - with a decent front stereo signal from my Toshiba TV and the two additional speakers; I have a home theater system on a budget that absolutely rocks the house. Mine is nearly 2 years old now w/o any problems at all. Go for it, you will not be disappointed.      12/2/02 - 2 years and still running strong!      12/2/03 - After 3 years I started to get some skipping problems, about 2 in 5 new discs I get skip horribly.  After cleaning the lens on and off for a month or two we gave up, and moved this player to the basement for minor DVD to computer capturing.  We purchased a consumers report top rated progessive scan DVD with... mail in rebate...  This player will be reviewed soon.  All I have to say is, after 3 years the price was right, and it wasn't bad for a little cheapie DVD player.    12/09/04 - retired the unit to the basement TV to play DVDs - replaced this unit last year with a $75 Panasonic DVD-S27S Progressive Scan Unit which works flawlessly.  I don't know why the Apex 1600's were so bad, the 1500 still works well as a part-time player but has minor problems playing some DVDs.  Chalk it up to experience, for an under $100 DVD player 3 years ago it was a bargain, now you can get a unit 10x's better for $50-75.00.