WhatHifi gave a 4* thumbs up to the HD-E1, saying that the player was better than the Blu-Ray offerings from Samsung and Panny. It only lost a star due to firmware not feeling like the finished article (which it won't be of course) and said that it was really waiting for the XE1 as it's 1080p output would look even better. (Erm, right)

The article concluded that HD DVD has the advantage at the moment due to quality and cost of players and the general high quality of releases, but to its credit didn't preach one way or the other.

I don't give WHF much notice these days, but in the format war the opinions of journalists in popular mags are critical and WHF is a popular mag with an uneducated public.

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