Rick,

Please take a second look at the PS3. I love mine and echo the comments above. Plus, I'm a little long in the tooth myself (though not as old as Jack) and the thing is just a powerful little solution at a (relatively) great price in relation to BD players.

It has the added advantage of being able to plug in USB. I have an 8 port powered USB hub that has a 750 GB and 320 GB hard drives. On them, I have my music, pics and am transferring my DVDs. Pretty cool actually.