I purchased the LST-3510A from Best Buy for $399 which upconverts DVDs and it also has an integrated HDTV tuner (DVI output). I use a DVI to HDMI connection to my TV. It is an awesome machine and I am very happy with it.

Tim :-)

the 400 disc players have performed like champions. no problems yet in over 1 year of service (crosses fingers). the 301 disc players had a tendency to occasionally eat a disc and it was a pain in the ass to get them out. after sending both of the 301 disc players into sony for warranty service i haven't had any issues with them since then. all in all i am very happy with all of them and would buy another of the 400 disc if the need arises. the price point of these units has come down to @ 300 which is less than i payed for the 301 disc units. i really like the ability to have my whole dvd collection stored in this fashion. during the recent blockbuster trade in deal, the girl couldn't believe the great condition of my dvds. i told her it was handled once, when i loaded it into my megachanger :)

chris
dollfins1

Philips 727

I've had several; my first was an old Panasonic which I bought in 2000 that looked like a tank compared to the slimline units of today. I owned two of those as well as one of the first Toshiba progressive scan players. The Panys both crapped out and the Toshiba got to be too finicky as to what it wanted to play.
My current units aren't esoteric by any means, a Sony DVP-NS575P in the living room and a Panasonic S27 in my son's room, as well as a standalone Magnavox DVD recorder. The Sony is the workhorse around here that gets the most use, and I mean ALOT of use. While I'm sure there are plenty of units that have more features, the Sony has done a great job for the year I've owned it and the price was a fraction of what my first player cost....I could buy three of these for the price I paid for my first and it's been a much more reliable machine with better features. I plan on picking up a multi-region player sometime soon, but I don't have plans on it being a replacement for the Sony....when it needs to be replaced it will likely be with the same unit or one a few notches above it from the Sony line.

My main player is a Denon DVD-2200

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My bedroom player is a Toshiba SD-1200.

JVC XV-N50BK Slim DVD Player (Black)

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In the box: DVD player, remote control, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable
Disc capacity: 1
Progressive scan: Digital Direct Progressive Scan
Playback formats: DVD-Video, VCD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, JPEG image CD, and MP3 CD, WMA CD
Aspect ratio control: Yes
Dialog enhancer: No
Integrated receiver: No
Multi-angle viewing: Yes (with applicable discs)
Black-level adjustment: No
Chapter preview: No
Custom bookmarks: No
Frame advance: Yes
Still/freeze frame: Yes
Karaoke: No
Multilingual support: Yes (English, Spanish, French)
Parental controls: Yes
Picture zoom: Yes (13-step, screen fill)
Recording capability: No
Reverse-frame step: Yes
Slow motion: Yes
Text display: No
VCR capability: No
Audio outputs: 1 stereo analog (left/right), 2 digital (1 optical, 1 coaxial)
Surround-sound output: Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel passthrough
THX-certified: No
Item height: 2.1 inches

Toshiba SD4900

Meridian G91
Sony DVP-S7700
Skyworth 1040(?)
Studio Ghibli DVD player (that came with the Japanese Sen to Chihiro/Spirited Away LE)
Panasonic Gamecube

Panasonic RP-91
Panasonic RP-62
Philips 727
Home Theater PC

The HTPC is great as it blows away any stand alone DVD player in scaling DVD's to 1080i plus It can play .ts High Def files of films and TV shows done in HD.

I have a denon 3910 and two weeks after i buy it the colours on my tv get all funky.

pioneer 59avi
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now I just need a projector and screen :{

Philips DVP-642 (Great for my DivX files as well as region free).

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OPPO OPDV971H 1080i HDTV-Ready DVD Player with DVI Output. Ships from manufacturer region free. DVI output disables HDCP. Plays anything except for SACD.

Denon 2910... solid performer and plays everything so far (without any firmware tinkling).

Ditto.

Panasonic RP-91 for Region 1 DVDs
JVC XV-65GD for non Region 1 DVDs NTSC/PAL
Philips 642 for XVID videos, etc, and non Region 1 DVDs.

Koss KD365 Region Free-kitchen
Philips 642 Region Free-living room
JVC-XVN 50 Region Free-HT
JVC-XVN 50 Region Free-Bedroom

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Philips DVP-642



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Toshiba RS-TX60 Digital Media Server With TiVo Series 2



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Toshiba SD2715 5-Disc

Two Panasonic RP-91's, one Pioneer 578A

Well .. i got my 2 dvd drives in my main pc and my other dvd drive in my secondary machine.
Parents have a Ge dvd player that works pretty good.. just no region free....
Portable magnavox for my on-the-go needs.
(converted dvd onto PSP for real portable needs)

Have a Tosh. SD4900 for most of my dvd watching, but also a xbox and a ps2...

Forgot about my portables:

Panasonic 5"
Samsung 10"

Denon 2910

got a Denon 2900 when Good Guys was clearing them out, I should have bought 2 !! great machine. Before I had a Panny S35, pretty good machine for the $$ and always thought "how could my picture get any better?". This was on a Sony 32" FS100. Now I have Hitachi 57" S500 and the Denon is godly (although I must say I noticed a bigger jump in sound than picture initially).

I've bought friends and family numerous $100-200 dvd players that I always thought were good. but after the 2900 I'll never go back.

oh, lastly I rarely have used them much for viewing dvds over the years but the various dvd-rom/dvd-rw drives I've had in my PC along with PowerDVD are pretty nice (albeit the drives are loud), blazing fast and put out pretty nice picture. Still can't beat the big screen in the end =) *imagines 100" front projection setup =)~~~~~

You obviously have not used a PC to it's fullest by making it a Home Theater PC which outputs 1080i DVD's that our unmatched with stand alone players. I do agree watching DVD films on a mere monitor is a waste but when properly setup (hardware and software wise) a PC hooked to a HDTV is the best!

Toshiba SD-5700
Pioneer DV-563A
Denon DVD-3910 w/SDI output

Plus a couple cheap Apexs and another Toshiba - don't know the model numbers - bedroom players.

Plus Xbox and PC.