Disregarding techies and fanboys, the average consumer's questions about HD DVD are:
1) How much does the player cost?
2) Am I going to be left with $1000 in orphaned DVDs once someone wins the war?
Right now, the betting is that Blu-Ray will eventually win (due to PS3), but $900 is too much money for Joe Public to spend.
Now, if there was a guarantee that the disks would be playable no matter who won, spending $4-500 for a player might be OK.
So, this dual disk clearly helps the HD-DVD crowd, and might help everyone who isn't Sony. Might even be the thing that sets HD-DVD back in the fight, both by taking the fear out of a wrong choice, and getting Fox and such to support both formats.
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Disregarding techies and fanboys, the average consumer's questions about HD DVD are:
1) How much does the player cost?
2) Am I going to be left with $1000 in orphaned DVDs once someone wins the war?
Right now, the betting is that Blu-Ray will eventually win (due to PS3), but $900 is too much money for Joe Public to spend.
Now, if there was a guarantee that the disks would be playable no matter who won, spending $4-500 for a player might be OK.
So, this dual disk clearly helps the HD-DVD crowd, and might help everyone who isn't Sony. Might even be the thing that sets HD-DVD back in the fight, both by taking the fear out of a wrong choice, and getting Fox and such to support both formats.