Is it worth it to buy Blu-ray versions of HD DVD's?

[Kirsty_Mc]

I had "Dune" on HD-DVD and played it on quite a high spec HTPC and it looked awful. The Blu-Ray version looked much better on the same equipment (bar the drive (Sony BWU-100)).

It looked even better on my BDP-S500, which IMO is still one of the better looking players out there.

[Darth Lavender]

Originally Posted by Kirsty_Mc

I had "Dune" on HD-DVD and played it on quite a high spec HTPC and it looked awful. The Blu-Ray version looked much better on the same equipment (bar the drive (Sony BWU-100)).

It looked even better on my BDP-S500, which IMO is still one of the better looking players out there.

Dune is a completely different master.
The Blu-Ray (the French one, right?) was produced by a different company (Gaumont? I don't recall) to the HDDVD (produced by Universal)
When Universal finally releases Dune on Blu-Ray (hopefully with the extended version) it will look the same as the HDDVD and the French Blu-Ray will still look superior to the US Blu-Ray.

It's like the new UK Blu-Ray of 'T2' (actually a port of the older HDDVD) which is immensely superior to the Lionsgate version.