Looking for some opinions, What is the best DVD player for the dollar spent in your opinion. I know i can get the Marantz Billion dollar unit but i'm thinking this client doesnt want to spend quite that much. Personally i like the kenwood DV-5700. The client doesnt like kenwood product. Whaddya think?

Sorry meant Meridian, wrote Marantz.

The best DVD Player that I know of and also best value is the workhorse Pioneer industrial DVD Player model DVD-V7400 Multi System, you can't get better for the money. www.bhphoto.com has it listed for $ 679.95.
Mister. T

Sjray, what happened ??? Did you run out of gas ???
Mister. T

Mister T.
Looks Like a nice player. Do you use this one mostly for the RS-232 interface? I noticed the player did not have a progressive Output.

GotGame, I have the Pioneer V7400 hooked up to a rack mountable Sony Video-Audio Mixer together with a Panasonic VHS VCR - a Pioneer Laser Disk Player - a rack mountable Tascam CD/cassette Player combo - Sony Mini Disc Rec/Player - a Video (Hollywood Bridge) breakout box and a Dell computer with double hard drive wich has also a internal Sony digital mini DV Player. The whole station is mostly utilized for video and Audio capturing to one of the computer hard drives, video editing and (mpeg 1) compression and encoding is performed before burning the whole thing onto either a CD or DVD Blank. Also I do a lot of PowerPoint Presentations with still pictures/animations and video clips applications. One of the reasons I has chosen this DVD player without (progressive scan) is because I don't need progressive scan for what I need it for. I get a fantastic picture and audio with an S-Video hook up thru the Sony Video/Audio Mixer wich enhances the signal quite a bit with spectacular results. This industrial model DVD player has a beefed up chassis and it's built with top notch double layer printed circuit boards and beefed up industrial components thruout, for a super reliability and heavy duty operation.
Mister.T

OK emdawgz1, tell us what's your final decision. What did you find for this customer? Are you still looking for a reliable DVD Player or an off the mill $ 200.00 DVD Player?
JJ Bugsy

The winner is Denon DVD-3800. Solidly built, progressive output, 12bit d/a converter. Nice for cd's as well. Installed it this morning. Looks great. Thanks for the help.