DVD player recomendations

Despite my respect for the Arcam unit(s), I recently had a JVC player fail on me, and I am getting an exchange refund from J & R, so I opted for the Denon 5900 (J & R don't sell Arcam). I had them send it straight to Dan Wright at ModWright, so I am looking forward to my modded unit to arrive sometime in the next couple of weeks. I have not heard any of Dan's products, so I am taking somewhat of a gamble, but after reading all the reviews, studying what is being modded, and talking with Dan, I feel very confident that I will have myself a top notch universal player.

I have a first generation Sony DVP 3000. I have been having problems reading discs as of late. I tore it apart and cleaned everything. I have assumed that it is having problems with newer discs as all of my old original discs work fine. I have just ordered a open box Pioneer Elite DV-37 for $200. I will let you know how it works out

Sadly the consensus is that Pioneer players are not the best for video. I echo Tom's recommendations.

I don't know about that comment but, I will tell you this. The DV37 arrived today. I am pretty disappointed. The build quality is plain crap. This is the first piece of Pioneer equipment I have ever purchased. This is the Elite series? What garbage. I think my kids Daewoo is built better than this. I guess I will avoid Pioneer stuff from now on.
It is surely a later model than my Sony3000. But the picture and sound quality are not any better. Looks like I get back to work on the Sony.