I just recently bought a 50 inch Samsung HD TV and I wanted to get a new player to go with it. I'm afraid that if I get the regular DVD player that up-scales then I might get stuck with a player that won't play HD or blu-ray if DVD starts only being in one of the 2 formats. It's a difficult choice. I bought the up-scaling one just to try it out because best buy says that I can bring it back if I don't like it. It's an LG and will up-scale up to 1080i on my TV. I can see a difference but is it worth it? I paid 60 bucks. But will I end up being forced to buy an HD or blu-ray player later on down the line?