Yup, mda3333 is a troll. Ignore him and he will go away :-)

Im tempted to get a HD-DVD to get all those cheap movies but I then decided there are only around 20 I must have. The hassle of changing machines to watch particular movies simply is not worth it for me.
Blu ray will come down in price just as DVD did after it was introduced.
I also have hreat load times on both PS3 and my friends stand alone Sony machine… Go figure! hehe

I own a HD-A2 and was in the HD-DVD camp and hoped for an HD-DVD triumph in the format war, but when things looked like Blu-ray was going to win, I took the plunge and bought a PS-3.  While I still think that the HD-DVDs I have look better than the blu-ray discs I have, there is no doubt in my mind that I can be watching a standard-def DVD on my PS-3 faster than on my HD-A2.  I can’t even get my tray open on my HD-A2 before the PS-3 is ready to rock.  There is something wrong with your PS-3.  As far as upconversion quality between the two, I have never done a real comparison.  My display is only 720p, but it is 110” of 720p.

I have the hda2 and ps3 40gb.  I was amazed at how much better the hda2’s ulpconversion was than my original upconversion player.  After I got my ps3, I was amazed about how much better the upconversion on it was than the hda2 (I wouldn’t have believed if I hadn’t seen it), the upconversion on it is almost as good as watching hd channels thru my directv.  Standard dvds start in the same amount of time on both players, whomever says different either has a bad unit or is not to be believed. The load time for di def discs is about the same.  Using an hd dvd as a way to get into hidef cheaply is a good idea but blu ray is better.

For those people who are looking for an inexpensive way to get into high definition, taking advantage of the low prices of HD DVD is a very SMART MOVE.  For about $500 - I have purchased a A3 and 25 movies.  Something that would have cost me well over $1200.  Now only do I get to see some great hi def movies but I can upscale my entire 400 DVD collection.  I can enjoy the benefits of high def without the high price tag.  Blu ray prices will come down in a year or so and so will the movies.  Then I will make the move to Blu Ray.  Incidentally, I also purchased a dual HD DVD/Blu Ray optical drive for my computer - now I have my back up HD DVD player, can play Blu Ray whenever I want and watch it all in glorious 1080p on my 24” LCD monitor.  For me personally, it has been a great investment and I highly recommend it if you have the ability to do so.

As I said, something is wrong with your player. Either that particular unit, or the model.

You honestly believe those of us who have blu-ray players wait 10 minutes (the figure you used in another comment) for a menu screen to load, and not complain, loudly, about it?

I have a PS3 and the loading time is no better or worse than it is for my standard DVD player. You can (and probably will) choose not to believe me, but its the truth. And I really don’t care if you believe me, I’m just off-setting your negative “story” with my own “story” for the sake of others reading these comments.