Okay, so I'm just a poor college student wanting to watch Eureka and some Kiyoshi Kurosawa flicks on DVD; as a consequence I think I need to replace my creaky old twenty dollar Apex (yeah, I know!) for something not restricted to regions. The problem is, well, I'm poor. A Malata is way out of my price range.

So what's the best region free DVD player I can get without spending an outlandish amount of money? Bonus points go to anyone that can point me in the direction of a place that has the players for $50 or less.

If you can, buy the Philips DVP642: multizone, you can see PAL DVDs in NTSC TV, and now Divx too

Its 69.99 us$ but its a excellent player

try amazon.com

just get a yamakawa from ecost.com. like $30 after rebates. another plus for me is that it is small.

i have one... may get more.

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/...=1&incimage=on

I picked up a cheap Koss for around $35 at Sears, which included a 2 year REPLACEMENT (not repair) guarantee. I then went online and found a remote-accessible tweak to make it all region.

I figure if a $35 all-region-DVD player lasts 6 months to a year, I've gotten my money's worth, and it's 8 months old now, and I've loaned it to a [now ex-] girlfriend and her son twice since I've had it. So I figure it's fairly rugged too.