This is not a thread to start a big brew haha, but as always during this time of year, gifts are brought and given and the calls in how to set this up. With that said My parents picked up a 32" Vizio 1080P LCD a few months back. I was called to hook it up and make all the remotes work/play together. During this install I noticed that the old DVD player I gave them 5-6 years ago had died. I told my sons that they should buy a new DVD player for their grandparents for Christmas. One day in Wal-mart my son walked over to the DVD players to pick one out. I told him to get one that upconverts so it would look nice on the new TV they had brought. We added the new Star Trek movie to seal the gift. Present day, I got that call from my Dad on how to hook the new player up. I went over, used the HDMI cable I slid in as a last minute gift so it would upconvert. We popped in the Star Trek movie and WOW, the PQ was nothing short of my BR copy of the same movie. I scrolled through the menus to make sure all was setup. The info said it was upconverting to 1080i and it looked every bit of it. I sat at the edge of my parents bed and watched this movie, just as I did the other night at my own house.

This is the first upconverting DVD player I've seen (Phillips brand) it was only $50 bucks at Wal-mart. My question is, Is this the norm or just lucky with a newer release DVD.