I was able to get into HD-DVD at a very affordable price. I purchased the HD-DVD add-on for my currently existing Xbox 360 for $200. And I now own 6 HD-DVD movies with several more on preorder.
I have no intentions of purchasing a Blu-Ray player, PS3 or otherwise. However, if Fox and Disney will step up and move to HD-DVD, I will absolutely support them by purchasing their titles; where I simply will not via. Blu-Ray.
Blue Ray is yet another line of revenge Sony is unleashing on consumers after it lost the Beta/VHS war. How many failed memory formats does Sony have to introduce before Joe Consumer revolts? MD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo, UMD, Micro DV, ATRAC Audio format, etc. Bah humbug $ony.
HD-DVD is definately a more mature pregression of technology and yeilds amazing results that will last till the next evolution of HD video resolution and audio
I would be happy to purchase or even repurchase many of the Fox studio titles. I won't even buy Star Wars on DVD until it is offered on HD-DVD. Blu-Ray still uses the old MPEG 2 format that has been proven to be lower quality than HD-DVDs VC-1 and MPEG 4 technology.
Please pump out more movies in HD-DVD format! i just got the xbox 360 add-on and have watched just one movie and it was AMAZING. i went out and bought 4 more (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Phantom of the Opera, Troy, Batman Begins). Please produce for HD-DVD as we want to buy it now!
I support HD-DVD for it's compatibility with regular DVD players. None of my friends or family will spend the money required for blue Ray only discs (6 of us).
As the first DVD player (HD or otherwise) to support TRUE 720p/1080i over component without firmware updates or ICT flag worries, the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive is a stunning, cost-effective no-brainer for millions of current and future 360 owners. More buyers of the drive and movies (including rentals) equals more studio support for a clearly superior, less costly, consumer-friendly format.