After reading the reviews, I'll pass on this one.

What do you expect for $51?

Yeh on top of thatt its refurbished!!

Funai crap.

for 50% of the price of others, do you get 50% of the picture?

OK, may be crap, but look at the price. BF should be interesting for BD players this year.

I've heard that the refurbs of these are actually better than the new ones. Why, you ask? Because the new ones are just future refurbs. Kmart has a decent return policy. Worth a shot if you're looking for a secondary player.

If you open this up, would you be able to put the drive in an HTPC?

Hah, I got excited about this until I read the comments

My dad has been wanting one for awhile, but now I vacillate on whether or not I should bite...

Got one the last time Ben posted it. Works fine so far.

OOS