As the primary backer of HD DVD, Toshiba spent a lot of money developing technology that they didn't get a lot of use out of. Some features from HD DVD players, like upscaling, fit nicely into standard DVD players. Others, like web-enabled content, aren't quite as applicable. Sure you could put the same capabilities into a DVD player, but with no official standard you'd be hard pressed to ... [ read the full article ]
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.. thus making current DVD players "last gen" in comparison and incompatible with the newer features... if you are going to buy another DVD player for "web features" you should save your money.
Sounds like they're really trying to keep DVDs alive. Its time to gradually move onto new technology. Its inevitable. Its how the world works. If the price of DVD players increase like 50$ due to these features its not worth it.
New DVD players aren't a bad thing now, especially if yours is old and you've been looking at getting one that upscales to avoid having to sink money into bluray.
As for keeping DVD's alive, I think anything Toshiba does has a hidden agenda against bluray - the longer they can keep people from investing in bluray, the better. And at what cost? The technology is already mostly developed.
