Whar are the downsides? Compared to say a bottom of the line Sony S325.

In Canada they want $50.00 for the ability to use the unit as a DVD player. Apex however has a resonably well reviewed DVD player for $69.00.

I was thinking of buying a DVD player for the bedroom where I have a ten year old 27inch JVC TV. (It has S video capability though).

I'm not expecting high end and progressive scan has no priority with me at all.

My computer is about 5 years old - a Celeron 500 so I pretty much can't play any new games so I was thinking the X-Box is a lot cheaper to play games and what the heck a DVD player to boot.

But if it's total junk I can skip it and buy a cheap bedroom DVD player. Apex is a little suspect to me but they are still around and CNET seemed to like them. I know little of CNET and their reviewing style however.