Nikon D200
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I have one. I love it. If you're more of a casual user, or don't have the coin for the D200, go with the D80. It has most of the same features, but is cheaper and has a plastic body. The D200 is all magnesium, weather proofed externals (lens, connectors and doors are all sealed with o-rings) and is a physically bigger camera.
Get the 18-70 lens as a kit, then save up for the better glass.
As for the people who claim that its not sharp, bullshit. These are not pro photographers and don't understand this camera or pro cameras. It is NOT a consumer camera, especially when you shoot raw with it. The D200 doesn't have high in-camera sharpening values by default. That's up to the user. It will do you NO favors if you don't know how to properly expose an image. The raw files that it captures are truly that: raw. They're made to be post processed, sharpened, saturated and converted to whatever file type you want.
If you're looking for something that's a good SLR but is more of a consumer "point and shoot" go with the D50. It takes amazing jpegs out of the box.