I've been looking around as well. Amazon has a lot of slick looking portable digital LCD TVs that look like they would be great, but they can only use the rechargeable battery that they come with. I would love to have a rechargeable battery, but I also need the option of using AA/AAA batteries in case the power is down for days. Please comment if you find a solution!

Obviously this is a frivolous case, but what has happened to western society? Why did we let lawyers take over? Is there any way to stop this?

I was somewhat recently in China and this is not the case. One of the first things I noticed is that there are no guard rails for anything. There are six foot drops from sidewalks that have no railings. Parks run directly into big rivers. Although China's government may be a unique case, but I think that the non-western society expects more common sense from their people.