I too and am XBOX 360 HD DVD owner, and I feel exactly the same way as Wei (#2). I have a feeling that there also are (or will be) a number of Blu-ray owners that will also be looking over HD DVD's fence. As prices come down and more dual format machines become available, I think we are going to see a lot more people who just own both formats. It's funny to think, but my prediction is that Sony and Toshiba are each going to be at a disadvantage soon because I predict that the other manufacturers are going to sell hybrid machines, while Sony and Toshiba are stuck with their proprietary formats (i.e. "HD DVD only" or "Blu-ray only". Microsoft is going to be in a great position with their XBOX 360, since can adapt their add on drive with future revisions to whatever format(s) win(s) without hanging their installed base out to dry. In my case, thanks to the quality of my HD DVD drive, I got the bug to have more HD content available to me, so I picked up a new Blu-ray player for around $500. That's still a lot of cash, but it's worth it to me to be format neutral and enjoy all the movies that are out there.
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I too and am XBOX 360 HD DVD owner, and I feel exactly the same way as Wei (#2). I have a feeling that there also are (or will be) a number of Blu-ray owners that will also be looking over HD DVD's fence. As prices come down and more dual format machines become available, I think we are going to see a lot more people who just own both formats. It's funny to think, but my prediction is that Sony and Toshiba are each going to be at a disadvantage soon because I predict that the other manufacturers are going to sell hybrid machines, while Sony and Toshiba are stuck with their proprietary formats (i.e. "HD DVD only" or "Blu-ray only". Microsoft is going to be in a great position with their XBOX 360, since can adapt their add on drive with future revisions to whatever format(s) win(s) without hanging their installed base out to dry. In my case, thanks to the quality of my HD DVD drive, I got the bug to have more HD content available to me, so I picked up a new Blu-ray player for around $500. That's still a lot of cash, but it's worth it to me to be format neutral and enjoy all the movies that are out there.