I wasn't going to buy either one, but Walfart had a very good Toshiba HDDVD player for $99, and it came with 5 dvd's. So I bought it thinking if it fails, (HD) then I'll have a good upconverting dvd player at least. Now you can find some great deals on hd dvd's, and yes it's awesome at upconverting.

I'm holding out for the prices to come down on bluray, or I'll get a PS3.