At this point it's a waiting game. I think the smart customers out here will wait untill there is one true next gen format. I have not bought a HD dvd drive yet. And Blu ray in a PS3 or a stand alone is not atractive yet either. Time will solve this issue.

How is BluRay killing HD-DVD?

HD-DVD still wins universally in side-by-side comparisons due to BluRay's MPEG-2 issues. HD-DVD, if I'm not mistaken, is still selling more. The movies and players are also significantly cheaper.

The only area I've seen that BluRay wins out is a larger install base of players- and that's only due to them being included in PS3. But again, actual sales of discs hasn't been reflecting that, meaning many of those players are simply going unused.

Or did I miss something?

It does not matter if blu-ray wins. It took more than a decade for DVD to replace VHS. Do you actually see blu-ray as the dominant format 10-15 years from now? When Broadband at a very high speed will be available everywhere at a low price ? Sony said it, "The next playstation will not have a drive" that's like 5 years down the line. Do the math, even Sony knows blu-ray if successful it will not last long. Bottom line is Sony's life depends on blu-ray, so anything that microsoft can do to slow or stop Sony works. If any of you fanboys have any intelligence you would see that microsoft's focus is on digital distribution. Why else would they be building a network that allows movies to be downloaded directly to a box since it also hurts HD-DVD? HD-DVD is a distraction to keep Sony pushing blu-ray while microsoft move further into digital distribution. Look at IPTV which is the next step. What's Sony doing about it? Nothing, talking about blu-ray. Sony and their fanboys are exactly where microsoft want them to be; distracted in the wrong technology. It's sad that Sony didn't learn anything from xbox live. While microsoft was busy building a network (XBox live) Sony was busy doing other things now xbox live is 4-5 years ahead of Sony and growing. Now, Sony is doing the samething with blu-ray, while microsoft build the infrastructure for digital distribution. History repeat itself.

I can not afford to buy a bluray player, it's as simple as that! I will not be forced by Sony and it's movie backers to buy into a more expensive format that does the same job! consumers..vote HD DVD with your wallets now before it's too late!

hddvd is dead read this: http://www.avsforum.com/avs...

Funny how the gamming sites have all these discussions about blu-ray and HD-DVD. Since all the sony fans bought a $600 movie machine that doesn't have any good games this is all they have to talk about. For them blu-ray must win because so far that is all the machine is good for. I couldn't care less untill there is a clear winner, I guess this is because i have a 360 and have games to play.

Thanks microsoft

scriptkiddie -youre wrong it's microgamer, a sony hater, who's talking about it.

Read Bladestar's post again, Because it is spot on. You Sony's crack me up it's like if Blu-Ray wins Sony's gonna sell half a Billion PS3's by that time the PS3 would be a memory and digital distribution will be readily avalible to the public. The only reason it's not now is because of companys trying to protect their property from copying(HDMI anyone?), Cause as we all know 1 copy quickly becomes Millions.

well first of all, yes i agree with bladestar, i own a XBox 360 (premium) and i think its fantastic! which is a suprise as i have owned a PS2 since the year it launched. so i have always been towards Sony, BUT since the launch of the XBox 360 Sony have only been giving us bad news im afraid! and even in another bit of news posted yesterday it said that people have been returning there PS3's as people arnt getting enough bids on Ebay! so yeh that means the ammount sold on launch is now no longer true data, about the HD DVD and Blue Ray, i would rather HD DVD win as i own a XBox 360, but to be completely honest i dont realy care as i dont own either a HD DVD Player or a Blue Ray DVD Player, so at the moment i'm sticking with good old DVD :D lol!
someone else said it took DVD 6 (ish) years to take over VHS well my opinion is that DVD will still be my personal choise at the end of this year, as the players are too exspensive AND also i havnt got a HD TV which will also cost another £600 (ish) so you have also got to think about other people in my situation, oh and one more thing, i also agree with bladestar because i havnt seen hardly any good games on PS3 compared to XBox 360, and there is even more good news to come with the arrival of G.R.A.W 2 and other titles, but i wanted to point out so that the PS3 fans can be enlightened, the game PGR3 i think has been out since launch date, and even now, loads of people are loving the online AND solo (offline) features of the game, including me! i have had my XBox 360 since about October/November time, and i have got about 8games for it, and yet the PS3 had an average of about 0.9 games sold with the console (about 0.9) and yet i brought my XBox 360 with 4 games, then another 4 within 2weeks.

These games i own will keep me happy for a long time, even though i will want to buy other games such as Gears of War, COD3, Lost Planet (comes 2morrow!!! :D yay!) and others which are coming.
My point is, you cant say that HD DVD is "dead" because it ISNT, and also so what if Blue Ray gets ahead, because like bladestar said that Sony stated that the next PS wont even have a drive, and with the IPTV coming out even better news for XBox 360!

"bladestar said that Sony stated that the next PS wont even have a drive" Don't know why you're listening to Bladestar because the idea of a future Playstation console without a built-in hard drive just sounds stupid.

I assume that what you wanted to say is that Sony's adoption of Blu-ray for games is stupid because supposedly we won't even have disc media in future consoles. But there's a problem with that statement. With games aiming to hit 50 GB, having a 500GB hard drive as standard just isn't a suitable replacement for disc media. Disc media will always be relevant because it adds physical value to the titles that consumers purchase, as well as being a reliable method of distributing games.

I own one and it ownz.

The only way blu-ray is doing good is because of studios ,plain and simple.I mean look at all the commercials for movies it says on dvd and blu-ray so thats why br is doing so good . Its true what you say though digital distrubution is good. But im going to buy all the hd-dvd's i can find they;ll look cool i think I cant wait for lord of the rings trilogy and the matrix trilogy on hd-dvd . But hopefully hddvd stays a while longer id like to have some good movies on hddvd.

get yours now!!!!!!

is a market in its own. its wont have a real impact on media sales. its one thing thing to have a disc-free hastle but is another to store your media on magnetic dics drives that could crash at any point time.there is not going to be a complete take of either two since many people are teachnophiles but at the same time. not stupid either not to have any backups