The lower end line of Philips DVD players are the best on the market.
I have owned 2 in the last two years and let me tell you they play "everything"
If you are like me and have many foreign DVDs ( I was in the military and bought many DVDs overseas) these players are region free and will play your European and Japanese DVDs.
I have 8 children and backup my precious DVDs so my kids do not destroy the originals, they play too.

The best part is I can convert these backups to Dvix or Xvid format and put 4 to 5 movies on a single DVD. Guess what? They play too.

The most recent model I bought was...