Please...
I spent a whole $100 on my Toshiba HD-DVD---at Wal-Mart of all places. Y'see, last Christmas they were having a half-price special there. I lived on the upper side of my town--where all 3 Wal-Marts had already sold out. Best Buy was selling them for $140. I was stuck @ work. So I told my wife to call the 4th Wal-Mart on the poor side of town...
They had a'plenty.
And there you have it. I paid $100 to watch Hi-DEF DVDs where Blue Ray was still selling for >$280. And the "upgrade" conversion algorhythms did just great on all of my enhanced DVDs.
BTW, I don't get where you think a Toshiba Regza is sh*tty...
Enlighten me, hotshot.