DuracellEnergizer said:

I bought my first Blu-ray player today. Unfortunately, the coaxial cable it's made for isn't compatible with my old CRT TV, so now I'll have to go back out into town again tomorrow just to buy an adapter.

Why the manufacturers can't just build these players to be backwards compatible with older TVs in the first place I'll never know.

Just to provide a conclusion to this little tale, yesterday I went back into town to buy an adapter/converter/whatever. As it turns out, though, the store didn't have any in stock; a sales rep said the best chance of getting one would be to look for one on-line. Seeing as the family doesn't buy anything on-line (It's questionable just how secure our computers are, so Ma & Pa do not want to take the chance of purchasing something on-line only to have some bastard in Iran charge something to our credit card.), that possibility was a no-go.

So, in the end, the family decided to buy a new, modern, flatscreen TV compatible with the Blu-ray player for me. The picture quality's a little too pixellated and high-contrasty for my tastes, and some live-action DVD's look REAL grainy on-screen. Overall, though, I can live with it.