Best DVD Player??? Looking for a killer player

[kupua]

What is currently the best DVD player out there??? Anybody whith opinios out there? How about the Pioneer DVD-555? It play's DVD/CD/CDG & Video CD. Kinda pricy though. I like the idea of the karaoke, but not mandatory.

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[SteveDVD]

What price range are you looking into?

[kupua]

Price range ~100 to 200. The Pioneer DVD 555 is ~500, so if there is something that will do all DVD, CDR, CDRW, CDG, VCD, SVCD, & MP3, etc... I'm willing to step up, know what I mean...

Thx

[Two2Tango]

Look at the RCA RC5240P; it play everything. Check out the review.

[SteveDVD]

Two,

I like that player. My friend has it. Pretty good stuff...

[ken2]

Is the RCA hackable? I'm also looking for a new player, something easy to make region and macro free.

[mpb]

Why waste the money? The Apex 1500 will serve you well, for the low price of $50-70. Hackable to the hilt.

[ken2]

I was looking at the apex 1500 from amazon, but wasn't sure what the odds of getting one with a,b,c or d in its serial was worth it.

Also, does the quality of the apex players look as good as other more "well made" players? I know when I played an svcd on the apex it didn't look as good as I thought it did when I downloaded it. Of course it could be the svcd quality that made it look poor, but I was just curious if the player had any impact.
Thanks

[ken2]

Regarding my previous post, is there any place to get a pioneer 343 or something similar for under 100?
Thanks

[Valnar]

Get a Pioneer. End of story.

There are a couple brands that will play "anything", like the Apex and such, but only one brand looks good while doing it. Get a Pioneer.

Robert

[nightwing7]

Can someone please tell me what CDG is?? thanks im not familiar with that format.

[snaimpally]

The Apex 1500 is available for $65 at Circuit City. I have installed the Macrovision-free, Region-free firmware. I bought mine from CC and the serial number allows the hack.

However I am looking for something with better playback quality and preferrably progressive scan.

Which is a good Pioneer that does progessive scan?

[Bounty Hunter]

Pioneer DV-444

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=pioneer+dv-444&DVDselect=&Search=Search&...e=0&comments=0

http://vcdhelp.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=470450&found=1&ut=4466807b9863ae52

good player, i play on buying one myself soon.