I made a tentative purchase last week (DVR/DVD burner combo) and was blown away by how good HDMI is.
Connected player to my 30" Sony HD CRT via provided HDMI cable (How cool is that? Next best was $95 two-meter "budget" cable from Best Buy/Acoustic Research which I bought but didn't use).
Player (Toshiba) upsampled everything (even regular TV) to 720p/1080i.
Watching DVDs at 1080i was revelatory. Any scene with smoke or clouds instantly demonstrates why we need HD TVs. I can't wait for HD-DVD and movie producers who can exploit it correctly (There is a new Riddick movie coming out soon ISN'T THERE?).
Didn't keep the Toshiba, unfortunately.
The remote was a real work of fart.
Might give one of those 400 disk Sony combo players a try ($400 for DVD, CD and SACD multi-channel).
Has HDMI for DVDs but not SACD.
Connected player to my 30" Sony HD CRT via provided HDMI cable (How cool is that? Next best was $95 two-meter "budget" cable from Best Buy/Acoustic Research which I bought but didn't use).
Player (Toshiba) upsampled everything (even regular TV) to 720p/1080i.
Watching DVDs at 1080i was revelatory. Any scene with smoke or clouds instantly demonstrates why we need HD TVs. I can't wait for HD-DVD and movie producers who can exploit it correctly (There is a new Riddick movie coming out soon ISN'T THERE?).
Didn't keep the Toshiba, unfortunately.
The remote was a real work of fart.
Might give one of those 400 disk Sony combo players a try ($400 for DVD, CD and SACD multi-channel).
Has HDMI for DVDs but not SACD.