A friend of mine in Mississippi tipped me off to this.... I just got the Apex AD-1100w DVD player. Wal Mart was selling them for $69. It doesnt come region free from the factory, but with a simple upgrade it is... You have to download a file off the net (its only about 500k), burn it to a CDr, then insert it into the player, and about 30 seconds later, you'll have a DVD player that is region free-- And will play Pal or NTSC DVD's, and even convert that signal either way!! This DVD player will play just about anything ... MP3's, windows media files, CDrs, CDRW's, DVDrs, it'll even show jpeg picture files. Theres no Wal Mart near me, so my friend shipped me one from MS. However -- apparently Apex has changed this model, and you have to look for one with a certain serial number on it, for this to work. I dont have all the details in front of me, but there has been some hardcore discussion about this on some dvd player newsgroup. If anyone needs more info, i'll dig it up and send yr way. Now i'm waiting for my copies of Lynch's Eraserhead and Lost Highway, and the uncut Eyes Wide Shut (none of which are available here) to show up. :-) Jody