I've owned both and knew the risk of early adoption would mean one would fail and money would be lost. I'm selling my HD DVD goods on ebay to recoup some of it. Everyone else who adopted early knew the risks as well. I can't stand people crying about it.
It's not some conspiracy by Sony, they've lost almost every format war since I can remember, honestly Blu-ray deserves to win this time IMHO. HD DVD is very good and the picture quality of both formats is pretty much identical. Where I noticed better quality for Blu-ray was in the sound and of course space.
It's just an HD format not the end of the world.
Amazon has both formats selling for roughly the same price, many movies $20, and they have BOGO sales all the time, so I don't get the more expensive arguments, it's just not true.
People with HD DVD add ons can't be complaining about Blu-ray player prices either. A Pro 360 with an HD DVD add is $130 more than a 40GB PS3. The low end great priced HD DVD stand alone players did not support 1080p and were gimped with missing features.
LOL @ people who would go back to SDVD instead of using an HD format just because it's made by Sony. (IMG:
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This post has been edited by FCTE: Jan 11 2008, 05:27 AM