There's a COBY DVD player I picked up at Hechts' a few months ago. Dirt cheap--ten dollars, I kid you not--and it handles damned near everything. No hack for other regions. PAL to NTSC conversion on the fly. Frankly, I was shocked, but I don't question these things. Ten dollars for a multi-region DVD player that handles anything thrown at it? I'm not complaining. :)