Unless it's the new W/V series? Those are not bad. Preferences here can vary between many different aspects, including and most often, price. Sony are'nt that well known for providing you with "value for money" but not all their products are out of whack when it comes to performance and quality, only out of whack when it comes to the pricing. And sometimes, that was forced on by retailers here, because of Malaysia's own nonsensical tax imposed on entertainment products. Not like we're producing our own Malaysian brand product of the same nature, that would be compromised when you dont tax these items. What Malaysian brands that we have in home AV lah? the "I" brand? Pensonic? Bleeeeuuuugrrrgghhh!

Upscalers can be good provided you pair them with the right components. Silicon Optix Reon VX chipand its other iterations, and Sigma's offerings can upscale them to near-HD quality. Notice i say near-HD, not true Full HD. If you read Engadget recently, Toshiba refuses to let go of their defeat to Blu-ray and are pushing upscaling DVDs as opposed to embracing Blu-ray technology.