A while ago I was able to get a Zenith DVD player on the cheap. It's worked very well with all my Region 1 DVDs (it doesn't work with VCD though View image: /infopop ...

Polley invented the "Flash-Matic," or the world's first wireless TV remote ... Zenith, Polley held 19 U.S. patents and also worked on the push-button radio and an early version of today's DVD.

Unit is relatively slow to pick up on remote control commands. A thousand bucks can buy some pretty nice speakers or go a long way toward a TV instead. Whatever you do, don't call it a DVD player.