Denon DVD-5000 or Pioneer Elite DV-09 ????

Sony 9000es would be my choice over those two.

Check out the fllowing link. I think you will be quit supprised at the reviewers and results. They did extensive tests which have been done in 2000 and 2001 on current products. Good info. http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_3/dvd-benchmark-introduction-9-2000.html

Thanks I was looking at the 9000es but I don't need progressive or sacd and the Sony's are going for about 300 dollars more than the 09. The toshiba sounds interesting though?

I have the DV09 and the 9000ES. If you don't care for SACD and progessive then the DV09 is a better machine. The DV09's picture is richer and audio has a larger soundstage when using its digital output and S video out. I didn't compare audio in analog between the two machines. I did compare the 9000ES's analog output using a cd to a Krell KPS30i cd player. As expected, the Krell was much better. The 9000's SACD audio is very impressive - better than Krell's CD.