Worst case scenario, you can always grab the cheapest player you can at Future Shop (hell, they have a Kaco ?!? for $35CDN here) for now... bought Lisa's mom a Daytek one for about $50 a few Christmases ago - no component outputs, but has S-video, and it's outlasted my two Toshibas, despite them watching 20x the number of discs we do, and the primary user being a 12 year old.

Bren R.