[A CA Guy]

Doesn't make any sense, you throw a 480P disk into an up scaling DVD player and with the movies you get darn close to HD now.

I think it is just a new thing they are trying to sell you that will have lots of security stuff more so in it for them to make all the prior hardware you paid thousands for garbage.

I'm not getting the stuff.

[Gay State Conservative]

Doesn't make any sense, you throw a 480P disk into an up scaling DVD player and with the movies you get darn close to HD now.

Agreed.The picture quality I get with my standard DVD player and Sony HDTV is pretty close to breathtaking.But not quite as good as some of the stuff you see on,for example,Discovery HD.Some of the nature programs shown in HD are absolutely astounding,IMO.

If the price is right,I may well be willing to spring for that small improvement in picture...particularly if National Geographic starts releasing HD-DVD's.

[HAL9000]

Doesn't make any sense, you throw a 480P disk into an up scaling DVD player and with the movies you get darn close to HD now.

Is your set's native resolution 720P, 1080i or 1080P?

I suspect that scaling 480P to 1080P would show some noticeable artifacts, compared to a native 1080P signal. But I haven't tested that theory yet.