I have a Philips 963 SA and Use it for DVD Picture and SACD sound for two years and I have had no problems and use it as a transport for the DVD which I play throught 3 dac for surround sound and the actual charge works great. A nice feature is I hit the power button to off when I am done and back on next to start and I am back where I started for the money you can go wrong. I have also be told the the Pioneer
Elite series is good also