Yo Warrant, if you are willing to spend $300 on a dvd player, you might as well go Blu and enjoy hi-def movies. For example, The Sony BDP-S350 is going for as low as $250 right now. There are other deals out there too. Check out this thread on AVSforum for more info.

*Michael*
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