I have be around audio\/video equipment for a couple of decade , and I have see $ 15,000 component -lrb- farouja line doubler -rrb- or they equivalent go down to a small fraction of they price over the year . this be a fabulous example of how economic force have force price down . I set mine up today and I can hardly believe the quality of the picture and sound -lrb- for picture quality , of course , you need a monitor capable of 720 or whatever the number of line progressive scan dvd player put out -rrb- . now for sound , I have be around high-fi nut since the early ' 50 's , when some of the stuff be hardly in enclosed cabinet . you might not get better sound quality than this item put out until you get into thousand of dollar , plus a acoustically correct room . go for this , and spend the savings on dvd 's .