Is it intended to introduce firmware upgrades to enable nVi to play high definition DVDs or will this require hardware changes?

Hi Terry.

welcome to this forum.

I can only tell you what the german sales told me.
HD-DVD or Blue-Ray is a complete new technologie on the hardware side. So there would be nothing left of what ever has to do with the DVD-Section in the n-vi.
In short words: It would be a new machine.

Hardy

n-Vi/DVD5 currently only supports standard DVD resolution discs (576p PAL/480p NTSC output).

(scaler, when available, should allow full scaled 1080p output.)

Heather's just told me I'm free to go and buy one nice new shiny bit of Hi-Fi.

How's about selling me a scaler ?

Roy.