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get the thin cheap philips one from best buy. got it because it is cheap but it turned to be pretty sweet. It is one of the few players that will play Divx files burned to CD/DVD R/RWs.. I use that feature a lot. Its also real easy to region change, just punch in a code on the remote.
Never have been a Phillips person, they're plasma's are ok. I really wanted the Yamaha in light of the fact that I'll be running a Yamaha reciever.
From what I've heard the best DVD picture isn't even with an upscaling DVD player...it's with a DVD with a higher end video processor. From what I've read the best possible picture is with a high end Marantz DVD player because their video processor > the best upscaling video processor.
This thing is starting to cost me, ~$30 to ship it to Yamaha. I still got a $25 BB Gift Card that I got AR ProII Component Video cables and 3 packs of AR Banana Plugs with, so I've come out even