cgroth I like your attitude about fixing them at home with minimal tech knowledge...... LOL. When I bought my first Sony 985 durring a supper sale the sales guy pushed hard for the three year ext warrenty. He quoted me the price and I stepped back in shock. Recovering I told him to stand hard I would be right back and ran and grabbed a second similair unit. Happily he asked "should I put the extended warrenties on both units sir?" "No I replied this [the second boxed unit ] IS the extended warrenty." Now with the 985 also in the rack I would say to Buckey, "Man build a bigger mousetrap so the player can fit if at all possible." The units are great! I use them every day with massive fast forwarding etc. And the new zoom and hdmi on the 985 rocks!.....