I was at Radio Shack a couple of months ago and they have a small silver progressive scan DVD player for under $50. Now it may not compare to the Denon 5900, but hey - we're talking fish here. Or in bigjohn's case, no fish, which is apparently a virtual fish thing.
Anyhow, couple of cheap cables and you are out the door for $50 bucks. I don't remember the model, but I googled it and the reviews were surprisingly not bad.
On the Dad thing, I totally agree. Be involved. My daughters are 24 and 27 and they turned out great, although they never accused me of pimpin'.
They did broach the subject of my being a tad too involved, so I relented and stopped going with them on their dates when they each passed their 23rd birthdays. They seemed to like that. It was tremendous sport (I couldn't help myself) when they brought the boyfriends around. I would just suddenly appear around a corner and say in a deep, semi-loud voice, WHO ARE YOU? Since the boys never even approached being my size, the voice and the looming apparition pretty much guaranteed testoterone withdrawal for the evening. Too much fun to have for free.
When they were older, the girls asked me once why I treated their boyfriends like that. I told them that they thought they were bringing boys home for me to meet, but they were wrong. What I actually saw was an erection in a pair of shoes. HA ha ha, that was too much fun.
Well, I must return control of this thread to audio. Pardon the side trip; just a little nostalgia.