I am not one to spend too much time shopping. However, our DVD player ("home theater*") blew up. Bang and a little poof of smoke. It was made by RCA and had just a one year warranty. It was a bit too expensive so I am not anxious to buy a replacement or end up paying almost what it cost to have it repaired.
The truth is we don't really a new DVD player because we have a compound entertainment system. A TV Tuner that feeds the LCD Monitor and a Computer that feeds sound and video to the TV Tuner. The TV Tuner used to feed the audio to the DVD Player for nice sound.