Thanks Vince2909, that is basically all i wanted to know, i became concerned after i tried my first hd dvd in it, planet earth, which frooze and wouldn't play.
This and the US CNET review was what started my concern, i updated my firmware and it played fine, though picture quality wise not as good as my xbox hd add on player, very grainy.
I didn't know of the problems that the Toshiba HD players had and i wanted to replace my xbox hd player ,because of the noise it makes, with a stand alone hd player that could do a reasonable job of upscaling.
With all my hd collection at stake i just wanted to be sure i had a decent reliable player, and i can purchase another one for a backup for £78 but Toshiba told me they will be stocking spares for six years, do you think i should buy another one for a back up or are they generally reliable and cheap to repair.