Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD Player
Pretty Preeeeetty Preettttty Good!
I've known about this player for a while now.  Everyone that was tech savvy was talking about it and had filled me up on all the info.  I knew HD would be inevitable, obviously, and said, this will be my next player. (That said my previous player was a first Gen Phillips Magnavox of which still works great).  And because of this player I wanted to get an HDTV as well.<br /><br />Well now that I'm all set up I have to say this player does not dissappoint.  Toshiba did a bang up job of making a quality piece of technology.  The upconverting feature is great, and while it varies from SD DVD to SD DVD you notice a difference. Now watch something like Batman Begins HD and now you're soaring.  With TrueHD capabilities, it's surprising how HD hasn't taken over this format war and blown it out.<br /><br />Drawbacks are mainly for being a first gen player would be, that it is a bit bulky.  Loading takes some time, and the remote makes you feel reminiscent of the 70s.  But all are minor once you compare to everything else out there.  And thanks to Toshiba's tech support and firmware updates, many small glitches like audio sync, SD DVD freezing and even load times have been remedied.<br /><br />I recommend getting this player over any other next gen one after this.  As it will be the only one with 5.1 analog.  They're scrapping that off the next ones down the road.<br /><br />Blu Ray promised alot.  And hasn't delivered. Almost quite literally as Sony is having their problems.  Let's hope the studios see this too, and jump on the HD wagon in time for the holiday season, and we can get all our favourites in HD.