you should be careful buying a dvd player that is pricey, because too soon will it be obsolete. hd-dvd is right around the corner and it is going to start out a little over 1k. at ces this year hd-dvd was a hot topic (not that i went ), and that means that companies are focusing on it, so we should see them in a year at most. dvd players are a technologically driven product that has not really seen any dramatic increases in the past, but it is about to.