The Format War

[vladittude0583]

Blu-ray's Side:

1) Cooler Name (I think anyways)
2) Higher storage capacity (greater audio/video quality)
3) Support of most of the CE's in the industry
4) Support of more than half of the major film studios
5) Ratio of 2 to 1 sales when compared to HD-DVD
6) BD in every Playstation 3 game console (monetarily speaking - it is an overall cheaper piece of machinery given its list of standard features compared to that of the XBox 360 Premium and Elite

HD-DVD's Side:

1) Suckier Name
2) Lesser storage capacity (diminished audio/video quality)
3) Support of "gorilla" Microsoft and Intel (however, Intel made an announcement a few months ago that they will go neutral next year)
4) Support of only one dedicated film studio (Universal) and a very, very confused Paramount
5) Has always been beaten in sales by BD since the beginning of this year
6) HD-DVD add-on to XBox 360 has only quality audio/video if connected to the XBox 360 Elite which uses HDMI connectivity, whereas the other XBox 360's use component cables as the highest possible AV connectivity

Now, on to the main stuff:

Hypothetically, let us just say that WB does exclusively support BD, then as we all know it, HD-DVD is just going to have to bow down and proclaim that not only is BD a higher quality format, but it was declared the victor from the get-go. The main thing that concerns me now is definitely the sub $200 prices for HD-DVD players coming out now because BD players are still hovering around $400-$500 with the exception of the new 40GB PS3 which duals as a game console. I am sure that you all will agree with me that those who support HD-DVD and the common consumer, they are primarily clueless as to the actual specifics of the formats competing and I would agree that the common consumer is probably going to be driven by the lower priced Hi-Def players. Supposedly WB does support BD, what are our chances or ensuring a final and decisive victory if the masses start buying those cheap ass HD-DVD players just because its cheaper than the nearest competing BD player? What do you guys think?