OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player
Great Player...Great for the Price
First of all, I did not buy on Amazon but wished I did. Amazon has it for same price but free shipping. I don't know if other brands would have looked better or worse. It works great, has the Faroudja chip, and is perfect until HD DVD's become more popular and cheaper. I will say that when you call OPPO the company is very eager to answer any questions you may have and I like the fact the company takes so much pride in their products that they are constantly updating them by listening to what owners of them have to say. Everyone complaigned early on the remote had a terrible layout. So, now it comes with a newer remote that has a better layout. What I guess I'm saying is try getting results like that with Samsung or Sony. You can download any future updates OPPO has on your computer, burn to a CD and load into your OPPO player and it's updated. I see HD DVD players are on sale for $369 (the Toshiba HA-1). I didn't go there because of many bad reviews  (ex: slow startup time, etc...). It's first generation technology and already Toshiba is coming out with the HA-2 to replace it. Bad reviews for the OPPO are very few. Get this player and you won't be disappointed.  The only thing I'm noticing is that this DVD player gets REALLY hot...I don't know if the other brands are like this, but, this one gets really hot. Then again, so do all my other digital components (Sat receiver, receiver, etc...).