@Kevin Peacock: Promoting the Toshiba/Microsoft/DVD-Forum nonsense telling that HD-DVD is better it's telling lies to people, really.
1) HD-DVD does have region coding. They will enable it if they win the format war for sure.
2) HD-DVD format specifications just changed with the 3-layer 51GB added specification, that practically no one will really be able to read although they claim otherwise. Region coding addition also changes format specifications.
3) HD-DVD being cheaper to produce is a false myth. Toshiba is producing at a loss, way more than other manufacturers with the Blu-Ray format. Also, Toshiba is practically alone producing HD-DVD players and drives, Blu-Ray has many manufacturers on its side, not just Sony. If it's so cheap to manufacture then how comes that you can buy Blu-Ray burners at just $400-600 with 25GB disks in the $6.99-$11.99 price range and prices keep falling while there are no HD-DVD burners on the market and media practically doesn't exist either ?
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@Kevin Peacock: Promoting the Toshiba/Microsoft/DVD-Forum nonsense telling that HD-DVD is better it's telling lies to people, really.
1) HD-DVD does have region coding. They will enable it if they win the format war for sure.
2) HD-DVD format specifications just changed with the 3-layer 51GB added specification, that practically no one will really be able to read although they claim otherwise. Region coding addition also changes format specifications.
3) HD-DVD being cheaper to produce is a false myth. Toshiba is producing at a loss, way more than other manufacturers with the Blu-Ray format. Also, Toshiba is practically alone producing HD-DVD players and drives, Blu-Ray has many manufacturers on its side, not just Sony. If it's so cheap to manufacture then how comes that you can buy Blu-Ray burners at just $400-600 with 25GB disks in the $6.99-$11.99 price range and prices keep falling while there are no HD-DVD burners on the market and media practically doesn't exist either ?