Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD Player
An excellent player, with a few flaws
Main points first: <br /> <br />1.  HD-DVD is absolutely stunningly gorgeous, the single best source available today.  It makes HD cable channels look lousy, and legacy DVDs like streaming Quicktime.  I want more, now. <br /> <br />2.  DVD playback is about as good as can be expected, considering the low-quality nature of DVD sources.  If HD-DVD doesn't take off, this box won't be a doorstop:  It'll be a high-quality legacy DVD player. <br /> <br />3.  All the early bugs have been pretty much shaken out with the 1.4 firmware, making the player trouble-free to operate. <br /> <br />4.  All those positive things aside, this is a rough-around-the-edges machine, lacking a few features you take for granted (remembering where a disc is after a power-off, most noticeably), and taking a while to boot up when you first turn it on.  These are flaws I can live with, everything else considered.