Zenith DVB318 1080i Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Sorry, This Product Was a Real Disappointment.
I have been using a JVC XV-SA70BK DVD player for the last couple years.  This player only outputs at 480p.  I recently purchased a Sony HDTV, the top of the line 70XBR950, and was looking forward to upgrading my DVD player to better enjoy the 1080i capabilities of my HDTV.  I jumped at the Zenith unit as soon as it was announced because of it being advertised as an \\"HD\\" unit outputting at 1080i through upconversion. During the 20 minutes that my teenage soon and I were able to view the Zenith unit, we concluded, sadly, that the improvement in picture quality as minimal at best and that we would probably return the Zenith for that reason alone. The Zenith's upconversion capabilities are quite weak.  It may the upconversion chip Zenith is using, or it maybe something else in the data stream, but it's not working.  In the past, before buying my Sony HDTV, I have used, happily, both Lumagen and DCDi upconverters/scalars costing thousands of dollars, principally in front projection TV applications, so I am pretty famiiar with the technology and knew what to expect, I thought.  Then, to top off the poor upconversion performance, after 20 minutes of use, the Zenith unit locked up completely. We couldn't stop play or even turn it off without physically pulling out the power cord.  Needless to say, it went right back to Amazon and we went back to our pretty solid, albeit humble, JVC DVD player.  Amazing, really.  Buyer beware.