Home audio & video: does dvd's with 1080p up conversion really works?

I say go for it

After getting my new LCD HDTV, I went ahead and for about 90 bucks bought a Panasonic 1080p upconverting DVD player. It was, in my view, well worth it, considering the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, this is an inexpensive workaround. While not "true" HD, it looks great and refreshes my existing DVD's so that they are not obsolete. Given the relatively low cost of this item vs. a high-def player, the cost of the HD DVD's, etc., this seems to make the most sense to me until or unless one format or another becomes dominant and there is more perceived benefit to hi-def DVD's as far as quality increased content. So I say, why not try it out--maybe someone you know has one and you can check it out--or bring in one of your DVD's to a store and see how it looks.