I'm a big fan of the DVD-2930CI, I've recommended this player countless times in the past, and came close to purchasing for myself. But for the same price as the refurbished model you can purchase a new Toshiba HD-XA2, which features the same outstanding Silicon Optix Reon-VX HQV video processing, and plays full 1080p HD DVD. No question I would purchase the Toshiba, or I would hold out for a new Denon DVD-3800BDCI Blu-Ray Player, featuring Silicon Optix Realta HQV video processing (next step up, very likely my next purchase).