So which BDs are actually better than HD DVD?

[Frode]

Originally Posted by Matt X

Scorp brought up a good point - are there ANY dual release titles that feature a VC-1 encode on HDDVD and AVC on the BR copy? THAT could be interesting..........................

Bandai Visual's release of Wings of Honneamise. The BD is AVC on BD50, and the HD DVD VC1 on HD30. Mind you I wouldn't want to be the one forking over $100+ in order to compare the two (never mind forking out the money for a HD DVD player - and one that can do 1080p >_<).

There's also: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=10957

[jkcheng122]

Originally Posted by Frode

Bandai Visual's release of Wings of Honneamise. The BD is AVC on BD50, and the HD DVD VC1 on HD30. Mind you I wouldn't want to be the one forking over $100+ in order to compare the two (never mind forking out the money for a HD DVD player - and one that can do 1080p >_<).

There's also: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=10957

i think for a 1080p hd dvd player you're looking to shell out $500+ for the xa2/3, b/c i read that the a20/30 is basically a2/a3 with an unconverter to 1080p rather than natively 1080p. so it's actually 1080p output as 1080i/720p then converted to 1080p.