This is mostly first impressions, but the other day my new DVD player arrived. I bought the Panasonic RV-32 from JVB. JVB is a nice company that sells DVD players as well as mod chips to make them multi-region. I'd heard decent things about them from over at AnimeOnDVD.com, so I thought I'd give them a try. This model also seemed to get good overall reviews.

So far, I love it. I'd owned two Pioneers before this and I had liked both of them for the most part. This Panasonic though, is already working its way towards being my fav of the three. One feature I liked right out of the box was 'Quick Replay', which jumps back a few seconds. While in general I don't skip back much, if I'm rewatching, or watching a commentary it's most useful. It will also play CDs with mp3s on them, but I haven't played much with that feature yet. Setup was trivial. The player has a very clear and easy to use tabbed setup screen, which you can bring up at any time. On my old Pioneer, you could only do it when the system didn't have an active DVD in. It also seems to have an auto-shutoff if you leave the player idle for too long.

So far, picture quality looks at least as good as the Pioneers I had, but I've only watched about one and a half DVDs. If you're looking for a multi-region player and are looking to not spend a ton of money, I highly recommend this player. If anything major goes wrong with it, I'll be sure to post here whining about it.