In my opinion (and this is a bit off-topic), HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are two technologies that should be avoided at all costs, by everybody. The DRM (digital rights management) is so unbelievably draconian that it's criminal and highly user-unfriendly. Both formats deserve to die a quick and horribly-expensive death. Teach those anti-consumer bastards at Sony, Microsoft, Toshiba et al a lesson.

Those of you who want HD resolutions should be looking at a nice open standard like Xvid. Well-known, widely available, no DRM (if you make it yourself, anyway), and playable on standalone players. Yes, even in HD.