I started a Hardcore HD DVD fan in April 2006, laughted at Blu-Ray with their poor transfert at the start of the game. Then disney and fox appeared and it started to get better.
My HD-A1 was also failing me, only 4 month after i bought , i exchanged it only to have a model who did the same thing not long after.
Being frustrated, i waited for the A2 to be available and comments from USER. I saw the same problems going over and over with this new model. I then sold all my HD DVD movie (60 of them) and my player on Ebay, bought a PS3 February and NEVER.. EVER had a single glitch with it.. not even a skip!
I'am now a BluRay fan, even bought myself a Tshirt off Ebay!