I have a 56" Samsung HDTV and I bought one of the HD-DVD players when they were on sale at WM and I just didn't think it was that big of a deal. I'm not saying the picture wasn't better, of course it was, but compared to upconverted SD dvd's, it just wasn't that much more impressive. In fact when HD-DVD's went down for the count I sold mine and bought an OPPO 980. SD DVD's look fantastic and I'm very pleased. It is nothing like the difference between SD and HD television, w/that there is indeed a vast difference in PQ. But between an HD dvd and an upconverted SD DVD, not so much. I can live w/the latter just fine for now, until I see where BD is going (I don't intend to get burned again).
Harold
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