Monkeyluis,
I think you've summed things up rather well.
I focus on what something I buy can do for the money. Nice to haves like a volume button and start button elsewhere aren't necessities to me that I feel would be a dealbreaker but I guess those sort of things if they irk one enough may have them looking elsewhere.
As an aside, I've been through plenty of blu ray players since inception and ALL have their flaws.
