I would really like to try that Panny S97 player. I hear it is really sweet. My Zenith 318 looks good, but that Panny might be a touch better.

Holding on to the current upscaling players might be a good idea even when the new HD/Blu-ray players come out, unless you are planning on ditching your current DVD collection. I have heard that the new players will probably do a poorer job with upscaling standard DVD than the upscaling DVD players we have now as the emphasis (at least initially) will be focused on the performance and resolution of the high definition discs. So keeping some of these current players might not be a bad idea IMO.