To be honest I was quite speechless, what image this player still conjures up out of my DVDs.
HD-DVD: I have this player for about 4 weeks and can say from my side that there has been no problems with the update, yet noisy fans, even synchronization problems with the HD output.
Sound: as expected, with no defects
Only criticism: The current Harry Potter the HDDVD starts with subtitles. Such errors I had but at DVDs already, and push the on mastering by the film producers ....
Conclusion: In my opinion currently unbeaten price-performance ratio, absolute Best Buy