Seeking a genuinely superior DVD player

[Sanglier]

We're fed up with problems playing DVDs. We have a couple of standalone players, plus a small external one to plug into a laptop. We are not clumsy oafs and take great care in handling DVDs - but still experience hangups, jumps that miss a few seconds or minutes - or sometimes, a total failure to play an apparently spotless DVD. I know this technology is on its way out (in the 70s I had an in-car 8-track cartridge player, later a Sony minidisc player...) but we have a collection of DVDs, including a few boxed sets, which cannot be replaced by streaming services. And charity shops have a great many s/h DVDs at low prices...
Is there such a thing as a technically superior, reliable, solidly built DVD player?
Thanks

 

[abacus]

We're fed up with problems playing DVDs. We have a couple of standalone players, plus a small external one to plug into a laptop. We are not clumsy oafs and take great care in handling DVDs - but still experience hangups, jumps that miss a few seconds or minutes - or sometimes, a total failure to play an apparently spotless DVD. I know this technology is on its way out (in the 70s I had an in-car 8-track cartridge player, later a Sony minidisc player...) but we have a collection of DVDs, including a few boxed sets, which cannot be replaced by streaming services. And charity shops have a great many s/h DVDs at low prices...
Is there such a thing as a technically superior, reliable, solidly built DVD player?
Thanks

Just get a good Blur-ray player as they also play DVDs and with better processing can make your DVDs look even better than some upscalers built into TVs can.

Bill

 

[Sanglier]

Just get a good Blur-ray player as they also play DVDs and with better processing can make your DVDs look even better than some upscalers built into TVs can.

Bill

Thanks Bill. I didn't know Blu-Ray devices could play DVDs - are you sure about this? And I'm after suggestions for a really good player, a superior machine as opposed to the common £20-£50 jobs by Samsung, Phillips, Soney etc etc.
rgds

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I didn't know Blu-Ray devices could play DVDs - are you sure about this?

He most certainly is, as am I!

 

[Al ears]

Thanks Bill. I didn't know Blu-Ray devices could play DVDs - are you sure about this? And I'm after suggestions for a really good player, a superior machine as opposed to the common £20-£50 jobs by Samsung, Phillips, Soney etc etc.
rgds

Your maximum budget might help here

 

[jjbomber]

Start with Magnetar and work your way backwards from there until you find the right compromise. Panasonic might be the answer. Otherwise the second hand market will have a few bomb-proof Oppo players on there.