DVD Player recommendations? (1 Viewer)

[BrianWH]

Budget: $400 or less.

Priorities:
1. Video Quality in Progressive Scanning (Faroudja still the best?)
2. Soild DVD-RW/DVD+RW compatibility.
3. Reliability, build quality.

To be used:
75% on store-bought DVD movies.
20% Home DVD-RW/DVD+RW movies.
5% CD/MP3 audio.

Connected to:
Onkyo TX-SR501 6.1 Receiver, via coax digital audio.
JVC HD-ILA 52" RPTV (soon to arrive).

Other:
Would be nice to have a changer, but not too important. I was happy with my Sony NC665P changer until I started to burn DVD-R movies and experienced 2-5 stoppages in the movie during playback. Trying the same disc on my POS Sylvania 13-inch TV w/ built-in DVD had NO problems.

I'm not really that interested in SACD, DVD-A capabilities as I have a separate setup for music.

The Sony has a few small technical issues (chroma bug) as well, so I'll be passing it down to my parents, who will not care.

Thanks for the help!
Brian

 

[Stephen Hopkins]

With that TV (or any fixed pixel display) I would look at some of the DVI and HDMI scaling players. The Sony 975V, Panasonic S97, Denon 1910, and a couple of players from LG/Zennith come to mind.