<< Panasonic electonics are such a peices of crap, maybe worse than "AMX"! >>
hmm, no. I agree completely with Kami. I have the Pioneer 333, which is basically the same as the 343 except it's the older model, and I love it. If the Panasonic had been out when I bought mine, I probably would of went with that. The Toshiba are nice also, but they have problems with CDR.
Kami, what's that chroma problem you're talking about? I never noticed anything wrong with mine, it looks very good using the component out.