Curtis DVD1098C DVD Player with HDMI, 1080P Upconversion

• Blue LED Trim Light; High Definition Video Output; 1080p up convert DVD player
• Supports multiple DVD and CD disc formats, plus JPEG photo slideshows and MP3 audio
• Progressive scan; AC-3 Decoding, MP3 decoding
• 2 Channel or 5 Channel Output
• CVBS/S-VIDEO/YUV/RGBSCART/Coaxial OUTPUT

Bought this because it was the least expensive DVD player with HDMI on Amazon. There were no reviews when I looked at this, and decided to give it a shot.

If anything, this player looked good in the picture whereas usually, with the absolute lowest priced DVD player, it would just be a plastic black box. The Curtis, however, spiced it up with having a spaceship like blue line in the front of it. I bought it for that 'effort'.

As far as using it, I will say it is a wide DVD player (a little over 14"), and very lightweight. The upscaling seems really good and fills a 60" 1080p screen with no black bars with most movies I have tried with it (1950's black and white as well as new CGI-laden movies). Some widescreen movies retained black bars while others did not but this is a result of the source, not the player. The upscaling does help to sharpen the picture a bit, but it does look a tad digitalized. However, it does a pretty good job at resembling, but not exactly reproducing, a blu-ray equivalent. When you first get it, you will have to adjust the menu to display 16:9 and 1080p resolution, because when you first turn it on it will be set at 4:3 and 480i. You can set the resolution to 480i(normal DVD quality), 720p, 1080i, and 1080p.

The blue light stays on all of the time, and is really bright (covers the length of the DVD tray). I know of no way to turn it off. When you turn the player off, it still stays on. Just know this if you are very un-appreciating of bright blue lights in a dark, or light, room while watching your TV. Does not bother me though.

Frankly, if you have a widescreen, high definition TV with a large DVD collection and do not plan on getting a blu-ray player, you must buy a upscaling DVD player (the Curtis I can personally recommend). It will put new life into those old DVDs, and postpone your eventual switch to blu-rays. Great purchase on the lowest priced upscaling dvd player on Amazon.

[--Addendum--]

It seems from other reviews of the other Curtis upscaling player, the Curtis DVD1096 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080P Upconversion, that the latter does not have an eject button on the player itself. I wanted to add that this model--1098c--does have the ability to eject, play, and skip forward or backwards directly on the player.

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Its a really cool DVD player, and at $30 bucks, considering what you see on the shelf at Target of Walmart, its an incredible deal. All the features work, not sure when I'll use the USB port, but its there. On HDMI, I'm able to get 1920x1080 resolution on my 720p 37" Dynex, vcool.

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This player was a gift for my daughter. She said the player looks and feels like it was cheaply made. The dvd's play but they skip a lot.

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As far the player itself, for the money I think it's great. However I put a movie on a sd card (8g) and when I inserted it in the sd slot it said "bad card". I also tried a usb thumb drive and it wouldn't play that either. I tried a 1g card and it played the movie, no problem. So, I'm thinking that it will only handle up to a certain gig as far as the sd card. I don't know what's up with the usb stick. If anyone knows I sure would like to find out.

when the item got deliever to me it didn't work correctly or properly. but the size and style was nice. the excepted my return with no problem. great customer service and would definintly buy from them again just not the same item.