If anyone is interested, I just picked up a Panasonic DVD-S97S at Best Buy located at the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington, LI. The manufacturing date is March 2005.
61" JVC HD-ILA 61Z786 CableCard HDTV, Yamaha RX-V4600 A/V Receiver, 30" Samsung HDTV, TiVo HD Series 3, Toshiba HD-DVD A2, D-Link DSM-520, Harmony 880 Remote, Monoprice 5x1 HDMI Switch HDX-501, Audio Authority 1154a 4x1 HDTV AutoSelect Switcher, GE Super MAX HDTV Antenna (GE TV94757)
