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...and which format?

I am not but i would be curious if i am in the majority or minority

No.

No.

FTW

nope.

Agrees with all of the above.
No.

So far it seems the answer is no.

No upgrades for me.

well someone must since its the 'wave of the future'

wheres the early adoptors?

I'm sure someone will have...

Dead.

When hey realized they wasted hundrads of dollars they could have saved if they only waited another year, they laid down an died.

Lol, poor people.

As I said in the other thread, now that stand alone HD DVD players are under $300, I'm dying to get one, but I can't justify the cost at the present time. By the end of the year, though, I will have one.

Yup, got ma self the Hd DVD player for the 360 woop.

give me about 7 years, when they stop making DVDs and the other players become cheap, then ill upgrade

Once they stop releasing movies on DVDs then I guess I'll be forced to move over to either HD DVD or Blu-ray, depending on which one pulls ahead. So I don't expect to have either one for another 2 or 3 and maybe even 4 years. You never know.

Really? That's not too bad then. But the movies are all more expensive so it could all add up in the end.

I passed up a few deals, namely $250 for an HD DVD player with 5 free HD DVDs (choice of specific titles, not just any) at Sam's Club (amazon had it even cheaper for a short time, $230). Also, Matrix trilogy was only $70 or 80 at CC and you got two other free HD DVDs with them. That would have been a nice start of a collection plus player for under $400. HDDVDs also come in dual format so you can watch them on regular DVD players (only at 480p of course). Though I have a descent collection of DVDs, I probably will not collect the next format as I always buy DVDs and then never watch them a second time, so I'll just stick to renting once they become more commonplace.

nope. i really see very little reason to participate in the new generation of dvds b/c they will keep selling the standard dvd format for at least 5 to 10 more years. and quite frankly this new generation's standard (whether it be blue-ray or hd-dvd) of data storage will most likely not last long. data storage technology advances are at too fast a pace for them to last much longer than the 8-track did. quite frankly, in about 10 yrs, i wouldn't be surprised to see people (and not just tech people... regular people) just carrying around their own small size, but large storage hard-drives. in a way, many of us already are w/ our mp3 players.

not yet. I plan on waiting out until one wins or loses.

I'm choosing a side now in hopes that my small monetary vote will swing the format war (even though without my contribution, HD DVD will probably win anyway due to the lesser cost and Sony's track record with standards).

It will be much less than 10 years. Already people carry around memory cards and usb storage drives that dwarf full size hard drives from just a few years ago. Just how long before large flash memory becomes more economical than micro sized movable hard disc drives? As for blue laser DVDs not holding the market for long, maybe, maybe not, but it's worth a couple of hundred to me to watch my movies in 1080 lines of resolution instead of 480 for the next few years.

I can assure you that HD DVDs and/or Blu Ray will be around long enough for the companies in it to make money. Who do you think would have the resources to come up with the next standard? The companies that have already invested in these developing technologies. They aren't going to push for a new format until one is necessary, and until they've made their money off of the current one.