The Real Deal on Blu-ray

[J_UNTITLED]

Okay, so here's the thing. There is a certain member off another message board/forum who is totally pro HD-DVD and totally anti Blu-ray. Here's a quote from one of his recent posts regarding why he thinks HD-DVD is better...

"The hardware is less expensive, the media is less expensive, the burners are less expensive, the blanks are less expensive, the technology is backwards compatible with DVD (dual disks are out now), with VC-1 it looks far better than MPEG-2/4 on BR, and most of the BR technological superiority is all hot air, and the real-world BR movies actually use LOWER specs than HD-DVD. HD-DVD is also region-free, meaning I can play imports on my US player with no hardware mods, without worrying about the region-coded BS of Blu-ray."

Is any of the above true (I don't think so...)? Explain.