Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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Exactly! For example the HD DVD has so much market share that even Sony is releasing their movies in HD DVD. A friend of mine just got Underworld:Evolution on HD DVD released by a Sony company in Spain.
It's just a matter of time when Blu-Ray shuts down here in States too. With Microsoft and Amazon investing money in 1000 hd dvd indie initiative and a huge number of laptops from all major notebook manufacturers coming out with HD DVD drives with new standalone HD DVD player for movie buffs coming at $299, what's not to like.
I think that people who root for Blu-Ray are lying to themselves. You can spin statistics and numbers however you like, but the overall presence and attachment to HD DVD by consumers is CLEARLY much above BD and it only continues to grow. I have both and still I prefer HD DVD as it is much more flexible format and consumer friendly. Almost everyone who bought HD DVD bought it for this reason too and with $299 players and soon discounts with HD DVD X360 addons along with cheap PC HD DVD drives, all that's left for Blu-Ray supporters is to cry that they can't match the success of HD DVD.
The ONLY thing that is really keeping Blu-Ray alive is PS3 numbers, if it wasn't for it, this war wouldn't even lasted for 2 months. Poor PS3 owners (including myself btw) can only use that shiny black box for movies and this is skewing the numbers, but it's not through will of our own, it's just that there's nothing else to do with it so I buy an ocassional Blu-Ray disk with a movie I can't get on HD DVD. Once blockbuster starts renting Blu-Ray disk I won't even have the need to buy any Blu-Ray movies anymore. Why would I waste money.
I live in London and I have a PS3 and have friends who have as well. I dont know one person who has a HD DVD player. Even Blockbuster are only selling/renting out Blu Ray and dont even bother with HD DVD. And in the noname video stores around my area they only have Blu Ray as well.