Probably the best article on the current status of the format war over at TG Daily.

Don’t buy HD-DVD whatever you do i repeat do not buy HD-DVD, i did, and now almost every movie i liked has gone blu-ray exclusive, meaning if i don’t go out and suddenly buy them while they are on shelves i can’t watch them.  not only that many movies i want are on only blu-ray.  HD-DVD is HD-DUD.  don’t buy it.

just be patient and wait and get a blu-ray player.  and also DVD’s upconverted look damn good, it’s not HD but it’s damn good.  people get a grip you do not need HD in any hurry, you just bought an HDTV probably this year, and you’ve never seen you DVD’s look that good before, so watch them, watch dvd’s rent dvd’s buy dvd’s.  HD format cost way to much honestly blu-ray cost way to much a movie, and hd-dvd while it’s not badly priced on amazon.com, it will be exactly i repeat exactly like Beta Max,  so whatever you do do not buy HD-DVD.  i did

also about that rebate.  LOL. i sent off for that about 3 months a f*&ing; go, and still have yet to get those movies, wtf by the time i get them, it wont matter.

don’t buy HD-DVD   DON’t I REPEAT DO NOT!

We need a new list:

1. PS3

2. PC storage capacity in removable media

3. PC read/write speed in removable media

3. Major studio support

4. Companies dropping HD-DVD every week is an issue.

5.  You have not already bought a HD-DVD player and then lost the capacity to read the news.

6.  You are not part of a U.S. based minority group (HD-DVD supporter) who still blindly supports HD-DVD.

7.  You have not heavily invested in HD-DVD and are on your last legs fighting for your investment.

8.  You live in a country or region where you can’t find HD-DVD anymore.

9.  Your local Blockbuster only stocks Blu-ray.

10.  You don’t secretly believe that some worldwide catastrophy will turn the tables in favor of HD-DVD.

Cindy is right.  Get both if you can.  I have a PS3 and a Toshiba HD-A30, which Amazon is currently selling for about $150, plus you get 7 free HD DVD’s.  FYI, they also have over 100 titles for 50% off, which makes for a lot of them at $14.99 - 19.99.  Get two or more and they ship for free.

Sorry about the sales pitch, I don’t mean to come off as a spammer here.  But I know it can be tough to find good info when it comes to buying high definition equipment.

Personally I think the “format war” is good for the consumer, so I hope both formats are around for the long haul.  HD DVD has really become affordable lately, so I have begun purchasing movies on a weekly basis.  I’m up to 33 HD DVD’s now.  How can you resist them when you can get two movies shipped to you for under $30.

Anyways, that’s my 2 cents.

If you have the available HDMI connections on your HDTV, you can hook up as many HD DVD and Blu-ray players as you like (or any other source component for that matter). Unlike many humans, your TV is completely agnostic and really doesn’t care which format you hook up and will happily co-exist with both. It won’t even talk back at you. Only one device will be sending the signal to your TV at any given time, so there is absolutely no conflict. If you are a gamer and like PS3 you will also get a great Blu-ray player and if you don’t want to miss out on the movies that might only be available on HD DVD, for $149 you can get an HD DVD player. What’s the worst that would happen here if either format died? You have a great gaming device as well as a great DVD player that will up-convert standard DVDs to 1080p. Go to town, be independent and get both!