Price Paid:  $230.00 from Good Guys

Summary:
I have had this unit for about 6 months now and I must admit I am really impressed. Due to Phillips association with Marantz, and since I have a Marantz reciever, I picked one up. It replaced my toshiba that what having a conflict problem with my reciever. The color difference and true detail that the Phillips displays is amazing. The toshiba as well as sony that I have had prior were not even close. And ofcoarse the HDCD decoder is great for cd playback. I stacked the unit up next to an adcom gdcd-700, and you could barly tell a difference!! So if you can get your hands on one of these I would greatly recomend it!!

Strengths:
Great Picture, Great Sound

Weaknesses:
Little Cheapy in design, remote sucks

Similar Products Used:
Sony, Toshiba, JVC

Price Paid:  $200.00 from Good Guys Electronic

Summary:
I have had this unit for about two months now and so far so good. I replaced a Toshiba SD2700 due to a conflict with my Marantz Reciever, and because Marantz and Phillips are CO/products I figured this was my best bet. Also, there are few units on the market w/HDCD decoders, and I did not want to loose this option. The Phillips works great and there are no conficts at all!! The Picture is much better than any DVD player I have owned and the player offers several cool options, especially for the price point. I would Highly recomend this unit to anyone looking for a great player for around $200-$250.

Strengths:
Much Better Picture quality than my former Toshiba and Sony. Progressive Scan and HDCD to boot!!!!

Weaknesses:
The HDCD decoder is a little weak. Could be a little better made!!!

Similar Products Used:
Toshiba, Sony

Price Paid:  $299.00 from Target

Summary:
This is the worse Progressive??? DVD player in the market. Stay away from it. The video quality of my non progressive 955 DVD palyer i better than the Progrssive of this one.

Strengths:
MP3 Playback

Weaknesses:
Everything else but mainly Image Quality.

Similar Products Used:
Philips DVD 955