I bought this just before Toshiba announced that they were no longer supporting the HD DVD format. Shame really as I find this player to be excellent. Even though you'll soon be unable to get new HD DVD titles there's enough of them out there to enjoy the format.
It's the cheapest way to watch hi def on a standalone machine. It improves the picture quality of your existing standard definition dvds thanks to the HDMI connection with you HD TV.
You'll find this player priced competitively with upscaling dvd players and for this alone it's worth buying. I was so impressed by this next generation technology that I also bought one for my parents. They adore Planet Earth HD DVD.

Best of all (for me anyway) I recently bought Corel Videostudio 11.5 PLUS (£35 on Amazon) and have been able to burn about 30 mins of HDV footage onto a bog standard DVD-R (about 30p each). The picture quality will blow you away.
Anyone with a Hi Def video camera should purchase the software and this HD DVD player to truly make the most of your home movie video footage and show it off in glorious 1080p.