Blu Ray & HD-DVD Players > Samsung Blu Ray & HD-DVD Players

Advantages: Easy to use and cheaper movies
Disadvantages: There not making movies or players any longer.

I personally have now come to love the HD DVD player thats for the x-box. After my boyfriend bought it I was a little apprehensive about it seeing as Blue Ray was about to win the race but I have to say I have love watching movies on it. The picture quality is amazing and the movies seem so real and like your actually in the theater. When I got the device it came with a free movie and then we also go 6 other free movies after we sent in the paperwork. ...
...is going to buy this or the movies which makes the DVDs and player cheaper right now and I assume the prices will just keep going down. I really the HD DVD better then the Blue Ray because I think they have a better picture and the sound is great as well. From the movies I've seen on both players I was glad that I have the HD DVD player. ... Read review

Advantages: DVD, HD, good system
Disadvantages: stopped working after <75 days

Personally, loved the Xbox HD DVD. I got it for the kids for Christmas 2007 and found myself online playing different games as well. The HD DVD was just an added perk to the already great system. However, in March, the system shut down on me after less than 75 days. The dreaded red light came on and would not go off. We found that this was a problem known to Xbox users and the makers of Xbox alike. Profoundly enough, I loved that Xbox provided us ... Read review

Advantages: picture and sound quality and price
Disadvantages: slow load time

The Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player is EXCELLENT. You can hardly tell the difference between hi-def dvd's and regular dvd's because it up converts them to almost equal quality. The only downside I have found is the loading time, but the far superior picture and sound quality is well worth the minute or two it takes to load. I had bought an RCA upconvertor but ended up returning it due to the sub-par picture quality and problems with the door hanging ...
...and only then would they be worth buying. I'd give the Toshiba a 5 star rating, out of a possible 4 stars!!! In closing I'd like to say "thank you" to Toshiba for making such a superb machine at such an affordale price. Thanks, Papabear ... Read review

Advantages: Quality, Sound, Disk Skip Preventer.
Disadvantages: Plug to plug in is short.

This Sony BDP - S300 is one of the best dvd players of this 2008 era. It does not hurt your disk at all and it has a skip prevention inside so you can enjoy your favorite movies through out the whole screening. It is very easy to opperate and control. The sound quality that comes off from this is very good and the picture is even better than the sound. It is very easy to instal and the look of this machine can come in different colors. You can buy ... Read review

Advantages: Near HD picture quality on tradional DVDs. Also plays most all DVDs
Disadvantages: Software Updates download from internet to CD & load CD in Blu Ray Player

...you must go to the Panasonic website to download player software updates to a CD-R and then put the cd in the Blu Ray player for the actual update. I have tried several times to update my player and it consistently ejects the CD without updating the software. I have not contacted Panasonic about this yet as it doesn't effect the DVD quality but since I have followed directions for this process it is obviously flawed. ... Read review