I THINK I have a solution to the format war! REALLY!

[tron3]

Want to hear about this from some of your guys "in the know".

Think of how hard drives work for a moment. They capacities on that same 5-1/4" platter varies a lot these days, but the sector size and access method is the same. No different with blu-ray and HD-DVD. Essentially, by formating HD-DVD to blu-ray sector sizes, you essentially just get a smaller capacity blu-ray disc! Now it just comes down to the codecs and compression.

Now get this, that means HD-DVD(2 aka HD-Disc) would be COMPLETELY compatible with blu-ray players. It's just the capacity of the disc size that changed. Still cheap to make, and the dual layer 30GB version will gives acceptable PQ. How is it much different from the movie offerings we see on a single 25GB disc? Except for the layers, none?

Yes, I know that could mean suffering on the overal quality on some movies, but it COULD be a loophole for us to see Paramount and Dreamworks movies on HD-Disc, yet playable on blu-ray. Studios will have a choice which to use.

Sure, it could be confusing for a while, but you change the box. "HD-Disc: Compatible with blu-ray!" Or some such thing. It is technically feasible. Isn't it? Once they are in the blu-ray camp, just a matter of time before they phase it out. Cheaper, smaller capacity blu-ray has to have some kind of market advantage.