I already have one of these, it plays most of the local blu rays I have thrown at it, but it is region locked and does seem to have some issues with the latest Fox blu rays, no issues with any region 4 DVDs
You can't play movies from USB either, I bought mine as most of my library is blu rays and the kids can watch them in the car with this
Even if you only play DVDs on this it's still a cheap 10" portable player
Thanks. I'm betting the refurb tag is just a battery repack, as they tend to die in storage.