I bought the HD-A2 when it was on sale at walmart for $98 in November and I don't regret getting it at all. Just last week I got the 5 free HD-DVDs in the mail, which makes the player basically free (5 movies x $20 each = $100).
The toshiba HD-DVD players are also some of the best upscaling dvd players on the market, so it'll make your SD DVDs look great as well.
I too have my HD-DVD player hooked up to a 720p projector, so 1080p doesn't matter to me and it still looks great.
If blu-ray does win the format war, eventually I'll get one, but I'm waiting until they finalize their format (even if you buy a blu-ray player today, you'll probably want to upgrade to a profile 2.0 player once they come out), atleast if you buy an HD-DVD player now, you know it will work with all current and future HD-DVDs.
The toshiba HD-DVD players are also some of the best upscaling dvd players on the market, so it'll make your SD DVDs look great as well.
I too have my HD-DVD player hooked up to a 720p projector, so 1080p doesn't matter to me and it still looks great.
If blu-ray does win the format war, eventually I'll get one, but I'm waiting until they finalize their format (even if you buy a blu-ray player today, you'll probably want to upgrade to a profile 2.0 player once they come out), atleast if you buy an HD-DVD player now, you know it will work with all current and future HD-DVDs.