I recently purchased a new DVD player because it had received quite a good review (Sony NS75H) and it was only a hundred dollars or so - and I wanted to try the HDMI with my LG 62" DLP. I had bought one of the very first Progressive Scan DVD Players when it came out back in 98 or 99 - the Sony ES 9000 SACD/DVD player. I must say, even though it has only been a day or so, I don't see much of an improvement in image quality over the Progressive unit. As a matter of fact, the ES unit is much more responsive in navigating DVDs than the newer unit. On a side note, I had been having sporadic episodes with the ES unit - freezing up, not playing some discs, etc, so I bought the HDMI unit as a possible back up until this HD/BluRay thing settles down. I decided to do some DIY on the ES piece - took the cover off - accessed the transport unit (man, talk about build quality and over engineering - this thing must weigh 50 lbs - yes, a DVD Player) and blew out all the dust with compressed air, then lubricated the transport very carefully with vaseline (could not find white lithium grease). Seems to have helped - anyway, does anyone think that my opinion of the lack of appreciable image quality between prehistoric Progressive vs. newer HDMI is accurate? Come on ED, I know you are out there! he he he