HD DVD Advantages?

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Originally Posted by sparksj

Very good point. Infact I'm not sure the issue is moot just yet. Has the 2.0 version been released yet? If not I'm sure it will be moot by the end of 4th quarter.

Another thing I hear a lot about is the whole studio support issue.
Now this is only my opinion but I think, Disney being the most pirated media in the world, chose Blu Ray not because of it's supposed quality advantage, but because of it's encription advange. Also I hear that Sony has partial ownership of some of the other studios in the BR wagon. Not sure about that, But I really think the disney decision was originally based on the copy protections of BR being much better than that of HD DVD.

there we go, glad you didn't take my jabs personally.

disney likes the region coding that bd offers that hd dvd does not.

fox wanted the extra protecton of bd+

sony pictures, well that goes without saying.

the others more than likely wanted these same features as well as seeing bd as more of a sure thing.