Hey Matt..accually better picture than DVD,,when my wife can tell the difference i know its good!..now im viewing it on a ED Panasonic plasma..not even Hd ..but thats another issue..ED versus Hd Plasmas..not worth the price difference..and another plus of the HD-VCR is that i can also record HD content with its firewire connection ...now you have ...

Like most people, I like DTS over DD.  Some of the newer DVDs are coming out with DD 5.1 and DTS 6.1 (either discrete or matrix).  For example, the LOTR trilogy and Gladiator.  My question is whether it makes sense to choose the 6.1 DTS track instead of the 5.1 DD even though I am only set up for 5.1.  It probably ...