"Format War" vastly exaggerated ?

[Electric_Haggis]

The whole "format war" is WAY overhyped, and now with the inevitable success of the PS3, it's getting downright silly.
Obviously Blu-ray will be around forever, but unless something completely unexpected happens, so will HDDVD. Blu-ray was pretty much the underdog until the PS3 appeared. But both formats are receiving enough support from suppliers and consumers to stay strong and coexist until dual-format players render the whole "war" irrelevant (or even if they don't!). Eventually it'll be just like DOLBY vs DTS, SACD vs DVD-A, DVD -R vs +R, PC vs MAC, PLAYSTATION vs XBOX vs NINTENDO, etc, etc...
There's no reason to "wait until the format war ends and a victor emerges" because ONE won't, so it's bizarre that responsible sections of the media are pushing this view!

I have an XBox 360 HDDVD drive ($200), which I use with a home theatre PC and a 720p projector. It's TERRIFIC. My favourite titles (Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, King Kong, Backdraft), are yet to appear on Blu-Ray. On the other hand, there are a handful of titles (like Casino Royale, Spiderman) that will never appear on HDDVD. Eventually I'll buy a Blu-ray drive when...
1. The prices come down to sensible levels (when???)
2. More killer Blu-ray titles make the purchase irresistible.
3. Less Blu-ray titles rely on outdated MPEG-2 video. Come on guys! When we're spending this much on a Blu-ray player, don't keep short-changing us! Anything MPEG-2 can do, VC1 or AVC can do better. Anyone who says otherwise has clearly not compared the same title on both formats. So WHY are they persisting with this?
4. Less Blu-ray titles rely on plain Dolby Digital sound. DD on a Blu-ray title is ridiculous. The Dolby Digital Plus or True-HD tracks on the same title on HDDVD are easily audibly better. More uncompressed PCM or DTS-HD please! And what happened to 7.1 ?