MarcianoD

Recommend me a good and the best dvd player thats not Sony for under $240.00

Thanks guys I am done with Sony my second dvd player just quit working and I am giving up on them.

Can anyone recommend a good dvd player price im willing to go to is up to $240.00

must play mp3 and I have seen a few that also can display cds with jpgs and picture files, one of those would be great

Thanks a ton.

Cahyo Wicaksono

Panasonic will be good.

SethH

I would recommend the Toshiba SD-4900. It has all the features you requested plus DVD-A. BestBuy's got it for $89, so it's well in your range. Toshiba's aren't considered the best, but I've owned a couple Toshiba DVD players and have never had any problems or complaints. Otherwise, I would check into a used Denon.

Don_Berg

If you want top-rated picture quality way above the others, you have to get a Faroudja-based DVD player. The cheapest model is the Mistubishi DD-8040 for $249 at Tweeter stores.

Jack Briggs

Just curious: What was wrong with the Sony player?

Stephen M

If you use the player a lot, don't expect miracles from a $200 dvd player that probably cost $50 to make. You tend to get what you pay for and cheap players are likely to break down regularly with lots of use. Suggest you raise your standard up to 400-500 if you want to get a good player that will last a while.

Jack Briggs

Unfortunately, what you say is true. DVD players must be used fairly conservatively if you want them to last. My bedroom player is a plain-vanilla Toshiba 2800, which works beautifully. However, I use it to play discs straight through; I don't do any "trick" maneuvers with it. And it gets about two hours of use on a nightly basis.

Christ Reynolds

i have a sony 5 disc changer that is a few years old at least (dvp-c660) and i use the hell out of it. it has had no problems SO FAR...hopefully it will continue to work in the future.
what do you mean by this?

CJ

And then when I feel so stuffed I can't eat anymore, I just use the restroom! And then I CAN eat more!

Jack Briggs

Sorry for the cryptic phrase. I don't jump chapters, fast forward (or backward), do lots of stops and pauses. I just play the disc straight through. That sort of thing.

Chris Cash

The 563A from Pioneer is one of the hottest players going for around that price. It's the only thing in my setup thats not Sony. It boggles me how many people rag on Sony products. I guess it's just because I haven't any cheap stuff. I bought the Sony 200 Disk DVD player after it was discontinued. I had it for five years and just recently sold it. In all the time I had it I never had a single problem. The only reason I sold it was because it wasn't progressive scan. Which looked outstanding on my 27", but looked like crap on my 55". It's kinda like buying a car. When you buy electronics don't get the cheapest thing out there. Get what you think you will be comfortable with.

~C.C.~