http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php is a complete compatibility list web page. Watch the Sunday papers for the Best Buy or Fry's deal and then check the compatibility page to make sure it will play the different formats you want to play. I bought a Cyber Home CH-DVD 402 for $39 after a $40 rebate at Best Buy and it works perfectly for Video CD as well as DVDs. The great thing about this page is that you can check off what you want the player to support, press search and get an instant reduction in the list of 2056 players to a handfull. k On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 06:32 AM, Warren Freeman wrote: >> Consumer Electronic stores sell excellent DVD Players for only about >> $49 on sales nowadays. I bought one the day after Thanksgiving for $39 >> that plays Video CDs and SVideo CDs at Best Buy. So that solution is >> also pretty cheap. > > If it turns out that there is no workaround as far as getting the DVD > Player > to run on my system, probably the least expensive remaining option > would be > to buy a stand-alone commercial DVD player as you suggest. Could you > recommend a model that you have had good luck with?