I bought mine for Futurama. It's one of my favorite shows, but FOX is taking their time releasing it in the States. The R1 season 2 DVD just came out here, but season 3 has been out for at least 6-7 months in the U.K. and Europe. I'm that impatient, what can I say? It also comes in handy for any anime titles that I don't feel like waiting for. I needed a DVD player at the time (my PS2 mucked up when playing the Animego Macross disks, I can't have that), so I found one that could be made region free and had a built in PAL/NTSC convertor: The Daewoo 5700, $99 at Sam's Club.