I knew it, Well...I don't wanna brag, Oh what the hell I'm gonna brag. I knew Blue Ray would be the clear winner over HD. The reason I knew was because last year Blockbuster stoped carrying HD DVDS and only focused on the Blue Rays. Plus I never saw that many HD DVDS at ANY stores.
I just purchased a 1080p Plasma 50 inch Tv, and hooked up my playstation 3 so i can now watch Blueray DVD's. MY GOD is the picture good! infact the picture is sooo good it brings a tear to my eye.
Just an FYI, anybody trying to decide what to buy, Plasma VS LCD??

Go with Plasma. the picture is sooo much better, the blacks are blacker and the overall picture is better on a plasma.
The new 50 inch Panasonic Plasma is the new love in my life. Actually I should day second, The Yugo is #1, the Panasonic is #2.

Yeah. It looks like the battle is over.

Good for the free market!

If only the contents of the Blue Ray disks were as improved as BlueRay HD over SD. A Yugo on a HD Plasma set isn't any better than a Yugo on a SD screen. But I'm glad you're excited. But I'm keeping my big tube TV for a little while longer.

I bet the people who bought HD Dvd players are the same people who Bought Beta players back in the early 80's. DOH!!!!!

What is the cost of an HD DVD player??? $$399.
Ouch, Im sure there are a few people kicking themselves right now!

The question is whether we will see Blu-ray burners soon, or at all. Sony's latest and greatest multi-media computer has a Blu-ray player and a built in DVR, but no way to burn video to any kind of removable disc. Since Sony is also a producer of entertainment programming (which was not the case in the days of the BetaMax), they may not want the public making home burned copies of their content.

If you had an Xbox 360 you could get a HD DVD player for 150 more ontop of the price of the 399 Xbox.

Personally I bought the PS3 for 399 and it comes with with a Blu ray player installed.

I went to the store a couple of days ago to replace the bedroom DVD player with one that actually played my homemade DVDs. I also wanted it to have an HDMI connection. I figured I'd have to spend about $100 anyway. I ended up with an HD DVD for $138! I wouldn't normally buy into nearly obsolete technology but the quality of the upconverter alone should make it worth those few extra dollars and I got 2 free movies along with the deal albeit teetering on the brink of obsolescence! I went home and immediately installed the main DVD in the bedroom, replacing it with the new one.

The question is whether we will see Blu-ray burners soon

Randy,

Check these out:

http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/sony-bwu-100a-blu/4540-3212_7-31899197-4.html ?tag=sub

I already know of two for the Mac:

http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/

http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/08/02/first.mac.blu.ray.drive/

The next round of MacPro's will probably have it as an option, but I haven't heard whose drive will be used.

Thanks for the scoop!

If you had an Xbox 360 you could get a HD DVD player for 150 more ontop of the price of the 399 Xbox.

Not any more.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080224/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_hd_dvd_3;_ylt=AqIspdXJt8uFwE3YPt6Oi5oE1vAI