Picked one up after reading the forums here. I couldn't find much negatives about the player and they were in short supply on the net. Took off to Blockbuster and figured I'd take it back if it didn't do what I wanted.

So far I've played a CDR with plain JPG files, CDRW with SVCD, DVD-R, and DVD+RW. Niether DVD formats would play in my old player and the DVD-R was burned on a cheapie 1x and wouldnt play on my Dad's Apex 1100.

It has component video, RCA video, coax + RCA + optical audio out as well as support for MP3's

I'm sure there has to be some drawback to it but so far it's done all I ask. Certainly can't complain for $89.

Thanks to all that posted thier reviews and opinions that helped me get this drive.