Toshiba SD-5970 DVD Player with HDMI
Is it worth 180.00?
After reading all the reviews, the first thing I did after purchasing the player was to toss the AAA remote batteries.  This seem to help some.  My player is 20' from where I sit and do not seem to have the problems others talk about.  It is not the best remote, and sometimes you have to put effort into aiming it.  There is a delay in functions, also when you press the buttons on the unit itself. <br /> <br />The up-converter is questionable to how much it improves the DVDs movie quality.  I should have re-hooked up my Philips and ran comparison at 480p to the up-converted 1080i to notice the difference if any.  I definitely can see a difference with Toshiba 480p to 1080i setting, that is to be expected.  Movie pause and audio pause is very minimal if any.  Little disappointed I had to component my HD receiver into the TV and give up the DVI plug to a DVI HDMI adaptor.  The unit will not up-convert unless you use the HDMI port. <br /> <br />Is it worth 180.00? not sure.  Not totally impress or disappointed.  The up-converted quality is not near true HD feed. <br />