Some believe that DVDs are locked permanently into one resolution, forever condemned to a mere 852×480. Why bother helping these videos with expensive taxpayer-funded programs, they argue, when lifting them out of their DVD-resolution ghetto is beyond anyone’s power? Why raise their hopes of something higher-res in life, when those hopes have already been cruelly dashed by destiny and genetics?

By contrast, the Toshiba HD Upconverting Progressive Scan DVD Player believes that no movie should be left behind. With an optimistic spirit and an HDMI output, it’s determined to uplift, upraise, and upconvert your DVDs to pseudo-HD standards. It's not enough to simply throw up our hands and complain that "we don't have enough pixels"; the Toshiba Upconverting DVD Player insists that we can find the pixels - nay, that we must. Can it really bring these benighted DVDs up to 720p/1080i, after so many years of oppression? The results of this noble experiment remain to be seen, but there’s one thing all observers can agree on: the results of this noble experiment remain to be seen.

Whether or not the upconversion program makes a real difference, this Toshiba player extends its big-tent, multiformatalist attitude to all God’s media. It’s Divx-certified and MP3-friendly, ready for your CDs, CD-R/RWs, and DVD-R/RWs. For those without HD TVs, it also offers all the requisite analog outputs. In short, it strives for a world where all video files have the potential to be high-definition, if only they’re given a chance to upconvert. Won’t you join the Toshiba HD Upconverting Progressive Scan DVD Player in turning this beautiful vision into reality?

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