I have a Phillips DFR 1500 surround sound home theatre unit which my friends got together and bought me for my 50th birthday. (At least there was one advantage to getting old).
It has worked quite well since I got it but although it will play a regular CD through the surround speakers, it will not play a CD-R though there is the ability to hook a CD-R player/recorder through it. (As is the case with a straight TV picture, an outside tuner, and a VCR player). I don't use any of those other options as I don't have enough input/output capability with my stereo receiver.
The only real bummer is that it only plays region one which means that there are 2 or 3 Corrs DVDs out there that I can't watch since they were never released in the U.S. (Isn't that really stupid!).
Tank the Retired (who uses his DVD player much more for Concerts and Music stuff than for movies, and HIGHLY recommends the Corrs Live from London disc which is a live concert shot at Wembley in 2000... it is very good)
