So since HD-DVD lost, Truth Teller bashes Blu-Ray for the hell of it. I guess he's right, HD movies will never take off. The only way HD movies were ever going to sell was to have HD-DVD. The video quality on HD-DVD was THAT much better, especially with all that extra capacity they had.... Come on now.

Bitstream or LPCM? In the end they are exactly the same. If you have a lossless format, then by decoding it it's still lossless. If you took the data and compared it after decode from your player or your receiver, it would be exactly the same. It's a pointless discussion unless your receiver treats LPCM or bitstream differently.

It seems to be only a matter of time before they officially throw in the towel. I don't know exactly what they're waiting on but my guess is they are working with their partners now to nail down how it will end. After all, if you plan to bow out, you should work closely with everyone involved to make sure you're fair to all the manufacturers, studios, and customers.

This is my entry.

I think will only get worse for HD-DVD as Blu-Ray actually releases some good movies. Seeing that they have the studio support, the trend has to go more blue just due to more content. It doesn't appear that any studio has that many resources actually going into mass migration. An influx of movies from the red camp is their only savior.

I know HD-DVD is putting some hope into these sales in order to bring in more players/users. Unfortunately though, I think that most people who buy into these promotions will not drop the money on any movies, or at least not many movies quickly. Think about it, "I won't buy players until they are sub-$150 or sub-$100, but I'll drop $20-$30 on a ton of movies." It just doesn't add up. Plus, they won't need movies too quickly, they have 7 to watch the day they take it home.

I'm pretty worried about downloadable movies too. We need media in order to keep any rights we have to watching those movies on our terms, and without being monitored. Of course, you can argue that the copy-protection already offers some level of control, at least we still don't have to have a constant Internet connection in which we are attached at the hip to one company. Apple scares me with the amount of control they have over their DRMed content.

I do not have a stand-alone player, because I bought a PS3 FOR Blu-Ray. I'm at at least 20 Blu-Ray movies and only 2 PS3 games.

Once a format is adopted, yes even Blu-Ray, the hardware prices will go down. In fact, they will probably drop even faster that way due to volume sales. The number one thing that drives electronic prices down is volume.

Although this is a news outlet, nothing really says that they have to be objective. :-)