Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Mark my words - HD-DVD will win the war. Why? because of the name. HD = Hi Definition. The average joe on the street can understand that. We already have HBO HD, ESPN HD, etc, and the initials HD are slowly slipping into the public subconscious. So HD will win because of the name. Silly, but true.

Heh- you're probably right about that. 'HD-DVD' is self-explanatory, but 'Blu-ray'? "What is that?" Most people won't know.

Frankly, I think it's a little too soon for both of them. The DVD format is only about 9 years old, and most people just aren't ready for hi-def DVDs yet. I've heard that both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray players and software have bugs, but so far Blu-ray is having bigger problems. Maybe in a few years the 2 camps will have the bugs worked out, and consumers will be ready to make a choice. Hopefully, the companies will be able to hold out that long. I think they really jumped the gun on this one- but they were each so eager to beat the other one to the punch, that they put the players out there before they were really ready.

The Star Wars movies will probably be among the last of Fox's back catalog to be released in HD (the PT and the SE, that is) and I think the DVD sales of the OOT will determine the future of those films in HD.