HD-DVD: What's so bad about it?

[Solar Driftwood]

I realise that this may become a heated thread. I sincerely hope it doesn't...

As a newbie to HD forums, I'm a little surprised to see the level of in-fighting between supporters of Blu-ray and the supporters of HD-DVD. I realise that people will naturally be pro-the format they have adopted, and want it to win the format war, but there seems to be an unreasoning hatred from some quarters for the opposing format. What's all that about? (I should point out that this is the friendliest HD forum I've found!)

I currently own an HD-DVD player, a Toshiba HD-E1, and I have to be honest, it's a lovely bit of kit. The small number of HD-DVD discs I now own are equally impressive. Now, this does not make me break out in an irrational campaign of hate against Blu-ray... far from it. I've seen a Blu-Ray demo and think it looks superb too. So I'm going to be buying both formats (as soon as I can get hold of the Panasonic BD10a!). I'm sure I will come to prefer one format over the other (and I really don't know which at this stage), but I very much doubt that I will be wanting one format to trounce the other. Besides, the survival of both SACD and DVD-A could be a pointer that both HD formats can thrive?

So, as someone who has (at the moment) only HD-DVD, and from what I can see, it looks a fine format, what is it about Blu-ray that puts HD-DVD so much in the shade? And what is it about HD-DVD that Blu-ray fans don't like?