Chose Oppo 981HD, and already on its way.
It was an agony choosing the player, but I def did not need expensive and Reon this,
Realta that kinda players, since my interest is skipping all those in DVD player processing.

Will compare:

A. HD-DVD XE1 playing HD-DVD --- HDMI link to PlasmaTV
B. HD-DVD XE1 playing HD-DVD --- HD-SDI link to Crystalio 2 --- HDMI link to PlasmaTV

C. Oppo 981HD playing regular DVD --- SDI link to Crystalio 2 --- HDMI link to PlasmaTV
D. Oppo 981HD playing regular DVD --- HDMI link to Plasma TV


My guess ref PQ: B>A and C>D