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> between a compressed 128 bps MP3 and a CD.

YOU DON'T READ what I said. I said most people don't have the AUDIO SPEAKERS needed to TELL the difference.

>I bet your source is from broadcast.

WTH are you talking about?? What broadcast source?? I am talking about HD-DVDs that were shot as 1080p.

>1080i means it's a CRT,

It's a 17" LCD.

>These don't come in 46" size,

Are you going to bust my balls over details? I looked at XSRDs as I said a month ago, I didn't memorize all the tech specs by heart. I am not a fanatic you know, neither I am looking forward to buy one (I was just checking them out cursory in the Sony store, with my husband).

You are taking a LOT of things out of context, and there is no point trying to change your mind. Your replies are simply POLEMIC, and I don't understand why. In fact, whatever you write here is not in the context of a budget HD player. It is my opinion that even most families in the developed first world countries don't have huge speakers or 1080p TVs. They have more normal hardware (usually, 32" 1080i TVs, cheap surround system or none at all). And for THESE families, this budget player DOES THE JOB.

So, stop breaking my balls about details. You are a GEEK and you look at details even how a pixel would look different than its neighbour. Normal people DO NOT see the difference. People who would buy this player, are NOT engadget/gizmodo readers.

Please reply in your comments in a way that makes sense for THIS product, not what we can buy if we had as much money as Bill Gates or if were all MIT researchers that would scrutinize every bit of technological detail. This product review is NOT about these kind of consumers. This is why there is a more expensive Toshiba model that does more. Because each one is targeted at different markets. Can you please now do your commenting with the appropriate point of view??