It’s no secret HD DVD and Blu-ray deliver excellent quality for those seeking more high-definition viewing. But which way should you go? It’s an important decision for the mainstream consumer. No one wants to select a format, and then see it and their money gone in 6 months. The folks over at the HD DVD Promotion Group sent us ten reasons why you should go with their format. (And for those Blu-ray loyalists ready to rip off an angry email, check out Top 10 Reasons to Buy Blu-ray.)
1. HD DVD offers the high-definition experience at the most affordable price—this holiday season HD DVD players start under $200 with seven free movies.
2. HD DVD boasts six times the resolution and pristine audio quality (up to 7.1 surround sound) compared with standard DVD.
3. A superior audio experience is guaranteed on every HD DVD player because of the format’s mandatory support for next-generation audio technology including Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD. Even if your current home theater sound system doesn’t support the new audio technologies, you’ll still get the best quality audio experience on it because any HD DVD player can decode these codecs.
4. All HD DVD movies are encoded at 1080p so you can enjoy them on any 1080p HDTV or projector, even if you own a 1080i HD DVD player. How? Because the de-interlacing process that produces the “full HD” 1080p picture quality of the source content is handled by the HDTV, rather than inside the player.
5. For gamers, Xbox 360 offers an affordable HD DVD player addition that can be found for as low $169, with at least six free HD DVD movies—one in the box and a mail-in offer for five free flicks.
Blue ray has now become the standard, still very expensive and you need the full kit to make it worthwhile. At least it’s done now..
I don’t think it was a bad move buying an HD DVD player in addition to my Blu-Ray player. I’ve been enjoying HD movies without having to think about which studio is supporting what format. And frankly, I feel better knowing that the less expensive player is the one being obsoleted. And it’s not like my HD DVD player is magically going to stop working now. Heck, I may even pick up some new HD DVDs if they show up in the bargin bin somewhere.
Then again, I haven’t bought a new release in either format in the last two months-- I haven’t seen anything worth buying.
HD DVD is toast, netflix, best buy, walmart, and target are all exclusively backing blu-ray, about all HD DVD had going was universal studios support, bad move buying an hd-dvd player, might be cheaper but what good is cheaper if you dont have any new releases to play on it
I’m not surprised. Toshiba & Microsoft can’t make a go of it after losing studio support-- stores can’t keep the shelf space for players if there are no new releases to drive player sales.
Personally, I find it strange that so many people defined themselves as being either in the ‘Blu’ or ‘Red’ camps, citing Microsoft’s and Sony’s anti-consumer behaviors as primary motive, and claiming some sort of perceived technological superiority to their perferred format.
After using both for the last year, I can say that performance of both is spectacular, yet both seem not quite done yet.
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I don’t really have a solution, but both Fox and ABC use the Move Networks… 
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Thanks Dubai for clearing that up…
New 10 Reasons:
1) You invested heavily in HD DVD media and need a backup machine in case your current machine dies
2) Mistress Dominique makes you buy one as punishment for being a naughty boy, in spite of your persistent use of your safe word, “Michael Bay”.
3) You need one to disassemble for the parts you need for your death ray
4) You’re putting together a museum of obsolete tech
5) For the crazy free movie deals; they’ll be collector’s items some day
6) You’re ignorant
7) You’re uninformed
8) You’re incredibly stubborn
9) You’re Dimitri
10) There is no 10