Apex AD-600A DVD Player
It Rocks!
Absolutely the best DVD player for the money!  Awesome picture &amp; sound.  Mine plays anything that I throw at it.  How many DVD players can actually read CD-R and CD-RW?  How many do Karaoke as well as have the ability to play MP3 files you've burned to CD? This one does it all!  It even plays VCD's.  Why spend $300-500 on a machine that won't even do half of what this one will? The Apex 600A had notoriety for awhile since it was able to circumvent region coding and copy protection.  Unfortunately those machines also were riddled with playback issues, most notably the problem with seamless branching noted above.  But not anymore! None of the newer 600A's have these problems, making them, in my opinion, probably the best DVD player on the market.  <br />If you're going to be playing VCD's a lot, you may want to go with the Apex 703, as they have a 3 disc tray so there's no need to get up and switch discs during playback!