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You're both correct

Michi pointed out the shortcoming of underwood's rationale, but I agree that units often don't do as good a job with backward compatiability.

For example, my HDTV and as well as my son's HDTV, stuggle playing non-HD channels --be it off the air or from DVD.

There's no guarantee that normal CD and DVD will play well on the new HD players. The players may use cheaper lasers for the CD and DVDs, or the processing may not be a good as a good DVD player.

Also, the buyer needs to be aware that almost always the first generation of anything new is: expensive, lacks features, and often doesn't sound as good as the next generation.

The first Toshiba players don't support DVD-Audio, SACD, or 1080p.

In my opinion, 1080p will be the standard for HDTV. The XBox 360, Playstation 3, and almost all top of the line HDTVs now have 1080P. In one year, it will be commonplace. Think about it. The true HD specification is 1080 lines and not 720 or 766.

The first Sony Blu-Ray player doesn't support DVD-Audio or SACD.

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