Panasonic DMP-BD70V Blu-ray/VHS Player...Is this player any good???

[chhin60k]

Hi,

Just recently picked up a Samsung LN52B630 for for my father for Christmas. Before that he was watching his tv shows and vhs, dvd movies on a 10 year old 32 inch SHARP.

I currently have the tv hooked up with cable but not an HD box. He is kind of confused why most of the basic cable programming doesnt look as good as it did on his tube tv.
But he is amazed with the local channels in HD.
I will get him a HD cable box for him later today so his Animal Planet channel, History channel, and Discovery channels will look better on his new Samsung.

The Samsung is currently hooked up with an older DVD player and VHS player via component cables.

Since my dad has a lot of DVD's and VHS tapes i was going to get him the Panasonic DMP-BD70V Blu-ray/VHS Player.

If someone has this player can they please let me know if its worth it to purchase this or should i just go replace the old dvd player with a stand alone Blu ray player and just keep the VHS player connected with the Samsung.

Thanks