In your opinion, what's the best standalone player?

[yohansenbabe]

In terms of compatability with DVD +R backups of movies, which standalone player is best? I'm in the market for a new player. I've got an old Apex (the one with the backdoor menu to bypass the encryption) but it has some problems with skipping on some of my backups. Also, I know that some of my backups won't play on other standalones. So, what standalone will be most compatible with my backups for the least cost?

[wonderboy905]

Philips DVP642, it's played everything I've thrown at it thus far...

CDR (cheapo svcd burns)
DVD +/- R and RW (even some garbage longten009 -r's without a hitch)
and on top of that you get good divx/xvid playback.

A real steal for the price.