Mike - to be honest, mate, I don't. I don't actually have a 'proper' DVD player yet and play all my DVD's on my X-BOX, which works perfectly well in it's own right, but it is limited in the fact that it will only play region 2 discs, the sound isn't very loud and the menu system is kind of basic. When I have paid off some of my (mounting) debts I am going to invest in a decent spec multiregion DVD player and then I will probably only buy Region 1's, as like you said - they are much better.
Glimmer