Amendment to #2: the DVL-700 is an awesome LD player, it's the one combo player that's good. It's an awful DVD player though, but sometimes you can get a deal thanks to the combo players' bad rep.
Actually the one and only combi player I would recommend is the very last player made in 1998/99. The DVL-H9 is a kick ass player with all the same options on it as the CLD-R7G, and the players video output is seriously on par with the R7G and S9 player in every respect, plus like the R7G, it is a frame by frame pause function and field still step function, which no other players I have seen, have. Of course, as everyone has stated, the DVD playback is so-so, but then again, DVD quality is sub par to begin with. If your going digital, stick with BluRay disc, and if going analogue go with top end LaserDisc, or rare D-VHS players, but finding content for the D-VHS format is insane and limited.
Oh, and I have a TON of like new or still new shrinkwrapped LD classic flicks that I was collecting, just for collectability sakes that I might part with. I also have 2 LaserDisc players that are looked at as "used to be near top end players" in America, but, they need a slap on the side to get them playing discs, which means the laser pick-up assembly needs realignment. Otherwise they work perfectly and need a new home. Both players come with the best Remote made in America also, made for the CLD-D704 units.
I am looking for Anime LaserDiscs of course, and I am willing to trade or sell them, if anyone is interested PM me.
The players in question that I am willing to part with is the CLD-D503, and the CLD-79. I threw away the CLD-D704 units due to needing repair, which is how I wound up with 2 spare remotes for them. Then I tossed out the remotes for these 2 players, and just used the CLD-D704s remotes for these.
Both of these players are double side players, and the CLD-79 Elite player has AC-3 Playback capability, but needs the CD drive door as it fell off on day when someone kicked a soccer ball in my garage where the player was at, and it smacked the damn tray causing the door to pop off. I tossed that away as back then I was not into getting things repaired.
I am now just using the R7G and DVL-H9 to play my LDs. The other 2 LD players just sit and collect dust, so if someone wants them, they can go to a decent home for a decent price. They do still play discs perfectly, and the picture is decent enough on them for most people that are not OCD about shit like me.