Firstly, HD-DVD isnt JUST 720p. The 1st gen Toshiba player may only be capable of outputting 720p and 1080i, but many people don't believe it is so important to have 1080p. This is mainly because, depending on the size of your tv, you may not even notice the difference. This is assuming that your TV is even capable of displaying 1080p.
It's worth noting that it is likely that future HD-DVD players will more than likely be capable of outputting 1080p too. So if it's that important to you, and you want to go down the HD-DVD route...then wait a bit before you jump in.
As for why HD-DVD "is better". The picture quality of the first few HD-DVD releases is widely regarded to be better than the equivalent Blu-ray releases. However, this should become irrelevat when the Blu-ray camp starts to release their 50Gb disks (and/or starts to use a better codec).
This is not to say that the current Blu-ray releases aren't good though(for one thing, I havent seen them with my own eyes), it's just that the HD-DVD releases are slightly better...for now.
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Firstly, HD-DVD isnt JUST 720p. The 1st gen Toshiba player may only be capable of outputting 720p and 1080i, but many people don't believe it is so important to have 1080p. This is mainly because, depending on the size of your tv, you may not even notice the difference. This is assuming that your TV is even capable of displaying 1080p.
It's worth noting that it is likely that future HD-DVD players will more than likely be capable of outputting 1080p too. So if it's that important to you, and you want to go down the HD-DVD route...then wait a bit before you jump in.
As for why HD-DVD "is better". The picture quality of the first few HD-DVD releases is widely regarded to be better than the equivalent Blu-ray releases. However, this should become irrelevat when the Blu-ray camp starts to release their 50Gb disks (and/or starts to use a better codec).
This is not to say that the current Blu-ray releases aren't good though(for one thing, I havent seen them with my own eyes), it's just that the HD-DVD releases are slightly better...for now.