umm yeah your best bet it to save up your money until you find a nicer unit. There is a reason that those are the only ones you can find at that price. with in 6 months you will be buying another one. as for not skipping, there is only one cd player on the market that has all that you are looking for and can play scratched cd's without skipping. JVC AVX2. your going to spend about $400 but jvc warranties it for 2 years. IMO i wouldnt get any of those units.
I would also recommend blauplunkt
I second the avx2. I love it... although I had to send it under warranty once because I dropped the face. Oops....
What about a Pioneer DVH-P5000MP???? That JVA alread has a 3.5" mintor on it but I have a seperate 7" screen I have so no need for the one on the JVC