Best DVD player to buy?

[HoldEmKillah]

Any recommendations for me? I'd like to spend $250 or less and am most concerned about the DVD players' durability since the last 2 I bought didn't even last a year.

Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
HEK

[Hamish McBagpipe]

There is something wrong. Could be just bad luck. I used to sell them. The DVD player has basically become as interchangeable as CD players. That is, other than top of the line there should be very little difference. Stay away from multi-changers, more moving parts.

[swede123]

Toshiba.

[astroglide]

i use the oppo OPDV971H from http://www.oppodigital.com/

- DVI output with no HDCP, free DVI or HDMI cable. connects to any HDTV with a digital input and does HD upscaling. works with standard tvs as well.

- ultra responsive to remote commands (fast menu operations, pause/rw/ff/etc)

- reads most burned cds/dvds, and will play audio/video burned to it (e.g. divx movies). supports dvd audio.

- regular updates/fixes to customer suggestions via user-upgradeable firmware

- prompt, personal, fully english responses to email

- $200

[Maulik]

look for progressive scan as a mandatory feature. but depending on your inputs & outputs you probably won't need to spend $250

[pokerdirty]

x-box

[HoldEmKillah]

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look for progressive scan as a mandatory feature. but depending on your inputs & outputs you probably won't need to spend $250

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wtf is progressive scan? Also, my TV is a Toshiba(I think) and it's an HDTV but not plasma.

[astroglide]

what is google?

conventional television image is made up of 525 horizontal scanning lines. Conventional interlace scanning creates every other scan line (1,3,5,7….), then draws the even scan lines (2,4,6,8….) to create a complete image every 1/30th of a second. With Progressive Scanning, all 525 horizontal scanning lines are drawn sequentially (1,2,3,4…) in 1/30th of a second; the result is a picture that does not flicker, has less visible scan lines and that displays less artifacts such as feathering.