Originally Posted by digit
I'm not sure I see the point, a good HD TV can upscale very well a DVD or any other SD source. Thus rendering in my opinion a stand alone box a bit redundant.
My bold; that's rather the point, isn't it? There're a lot of less than brilliant HD TVs out there where the panel's OK, but the supporting components (including those used for upscaling) are a bit cack. It's a bit like the situation with TFTs, where some budget screens are awful on analogue but absolutely great on DVI. Perhaps what they're focussing on is that mass market where a good relatively inexpensive upscaling DVD player could turn a mediocre screen into a very good one?