HD-A30

Pros: Great picture and great upconverting DVD player.

Cons: This product and format is no longer supported.

The Bottom Line: Get one of these while you can.

Pros: It looks nice, it plays ok and it doesn't take up too much space.

Cons: Slow to respond to commands. Remote control has on/off and open/close buttons backwards.

Pros: Great audio and video. Great special features.

Cons: Runs a little warm. Hard time downloading/creating firmware update.

The Bottom Line: I recommend a purchase. It is cheaper than Blu-Ray with the same quality picture, but with better special features standard on all discs.

Pros: Lower price than Blu-Ray

Cons: Lackluster 1080P playback, Absolutely needs firmware update from to 1.3 out of the box

The Bottom Line: For the price I think it's a good buy. If you watch a lot of movies filmed at 24frames the player is excellent in 1080P/24hz.

Pros: Low cost and high performance.

Cons: HD-DVD discs load in about 28 seconds.

Pros: Stunning HD picture and sound.

Cons: Long load times, won't accept wireless internet connections; Bluray will win war.

The Bottom Line: Bluray has way more studio support, but if you just can't wait, it's a good machine.

Pros: Great Value and comes with seven HD DVDs

Cons: Slow boot time

The Bottom Line: If you don't want to pay four to five hundred dollars, go with with HD DVD players which cost less than two hundred dollars for Toshiba's HD-A2 model