Blueray - Second thoughts

After comparing the quality/impression of the picture of the Blueray player (Sony BDP-S300) with Blueray DVDs and standard DVDs upsampled to 720p resolution with the images presented by the 460p Lexicon RT-10 DVD player (no upsampling), we decided to return the Blueray player and continue to use the standard player instead. Either the technical quality and sophistication of the first and second generation of Blueray players is still far from that of higher-end standard DVD players or the component cable connection that I have to use with my Meridian G68 processor is so much worse than the HDMI connection used by the most recent versions of processors that they should not be used (I actually saw a Denon Blueray player that had only HDMI output). So if you consider Blueray at this time, make sure you can use HDMI connectors and have a TV or projector that can handle full 1080p resolution. Then Blueray may make sense even at this time. But also check and compare carefully before you commit to replace your current DVD player with a new Blueray.