Searched for the old HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray thread, but couldn't find it...
In any event, Blu-Ray has now
officially won the high-def media war.
Sorry to all who may have spent tons of money on an HD-DVD player and movies. People who bought really early are likely going to feel the pain much more than later adopters of HD-DVD.
As for myself, I have both a Toshiba HD-DVD player and a Sony PS3, and movies in both formats. Many of my HD-DVD movies are dual format (HD-DVD and standard DVD on single disc), so I can enjoy them on standard DVD players I have in other rooms, plus in my 08 CTS.
I bought very late in the war, and basically paid nothing for my HD-DVD player after paying $150.00 and getting a $100.00 Circuit City gift card, plus 5 free HD-DVD movies via mail-in-rebate. That deal was too hard to pass up.
There are some dual-high-def format players out there (play both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray) that will probably get much less expensive before year's end - and some great deals on HD-DVD movies.
Both these formats are transitional anyway, as "no physical media" is the next step - somewhat here already actually, what with high-def (1080i/720p) movies can be downloaded on demand to most cable boxes, plus you can download high-def movies to your PC and distribute that video signal to your TV.
Sony's success can be attributed to several factors, but I think buying the content side of the market basically wrapped it up.
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