I take it your are not getting the new $499 Toshiba Player?

I’ll be interested to know how this looks on the plasma. The XBox drive doesn’t support 1080 yet right?

Will,

No, no interest in buying dedicated players. I went down that path before. I’m sticking to computer based devices so I can just swap out the drive.

As for the 1080p, my plasma doesn’t support it. It’s native resolution is 720p but supports 1080i. The projector does support 1080p (if I force it) XG135 (reference CRT based with moome DVI interface). Now that I mention that, I wonder if the moome card even supports 1080p. I’m happy with 720p… even at 110”.

Interesting. I’m at a point where I am rebuilding my entire audio and video system. The sound is being covered by a Sonos system and I have not settled on the video yet.

I think the initial cost of a PC (dedicated to media) plus the continued cost of upgrading the box (frequently) scares me. Whereas my Denon DVD player lasted me I guess 7 years before I replaced it to get better upscaling. Total cost for DVD players - $700 over seven years.

And of course, I am unsure as to the quality of PC based playback for the big screen.

You mean you hooked it up to the Xbox FIRST!?!?! Shame. Can’t wait to see how it stacks up with Vista.

Tboy

Yup, I first plugged it in the XBOX 360 first… the following post talks about Vista.