Yes, I had a look at the OPPO Digital OPDV971H and think I will pick one up as well. It doesn't make sense to me to dump large coin into a player that you know is on the edge of standards, only to dump it shortly anyway.

It a lot different buying an amp, it still puts out watts no matter what the standards are..

I am with Gonk on this one..

I think that when it comes to the consumer simpler is better and unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you ask I guess), HD DVD is as simple as it gets. They know HD. They know DVD. Viola! You have a winner.

Perhaps, but not necessarily. After all, DVD was "familiar" only because it looked a lot like a CD. Both offer the same interface as DVD. Blu-Ray will be supported by the PS3, which barring a major deviation from past consoles will end up in a lot of homes. If the library of Blu-Ray titles is good enough, there's a good chance it'll win.

Either way I am going to wait a looong time before I run out and buy an HD player of any kind. At least I will try and wait

Recently, there's been an interesting discussion of this very topic in The Perfect Vision and The Absolute Sound, two related journals of video and audio topics. Was anyone else unaware that dvd 5.1 sound isn't done at a high sampling rate? I was surprised to learn that, especially since dvd-a's do offer excellent sound. I suppose the primacy of the video content trumps the audio content quality! I for one still believe that a "super-universal" player, i.e. one that will play hd-dvd, blu-ray, sacd, dvd-a, dvd, cd, etc. will be created. (Hmm, will it also play my old direct-to-discs?)

Jay

Before they get a chance to release that Universal Player, there will be a HD-DVD2, Red-Ray, SACDX and DVD-Z format just around the corner..

If Lucas has anything to say about it, you'll eventually see HD-3D-DVD logos on players as well.

Does your DVD player come with 3D glasses?

Well, I'm hoping for Blue-Ray. More capacity = less compression = less compression artifacts.
If the PS3 can play Blue Ray movies, that will give the format a leg up.
I will probably buy one ~6mo after release. Like i did with DVD.
Zed

Playstation is a SONY child . It most certainly will play blu-ray .