If HD DVD was available today, which format will you buy?

[Sean Mota]

title says it all.

 

[BFG]

I thought we've done this before?

My answer is still HD-DVD for some reason.

Seems like it would be cheaper and it just builds on the exisiting DVD format.

 

[Sean Mota]

Now we know more about which hollywood companies are supporting each format? I forgot one choice (which is crazy but it is possible). Maybe someone will buy both.

 

[dfergie]

I voted wait... but...when there is one displayed in front of me...

 

[markd]

Neither. If what we hear is true, neither one would output 1080i to my non-HDCP HDTV.

 

[Ilya]

I don't believe this will happen. At the very last moment one of the camps will give way...

But if this does happen, I think I will wait for a dual-format player...

 

[riffjim4069]

I voted for Sony because I feel Blu-Ray is the better format. However, we need to see reasonably priced players and available media or Blu-Ray will be this decades Betamax.

 

[DarrellP]

Sony all the way, Blu-Ray rules, hands down, but in the end, I want discs/units that are compatible with both formats.

 

[riffjim4069]

Sony all the way, Blu-Ray rules, hands down, but in the end, I want discs/units that are compatible with both formats.

The cheapest solutions IMO is that Blu-Ray players come with an additional standard progressive scan/upconvert drive - the added cost would be insignificant (maybe $20 per unit).