Blu-ray vs HD-DVD

[Tomokka]

I am not a real expert in this subject, but I just wonder how so many think that blue-ray will clearly be the winner here?

First of what i have read from the internet the cost of a single blue-ray disk will be 2-3 bigger than a HD-DVD disk. There was also some talk about how sony is planning on reducing blue-ray disk cost in the future, but at best it is sayed to cost twice as mutch as a HD-DVD disk.

The name blue-ray sounds alot cooler than HD-DVD but i think its not very consumer friendly. Most of the consumers probably dont know anything about eighter format or the ongoing format war, but still the name dvd sound familiar and safer than blue-ray.

Even though the blue-ray can store more data from what i have read in the internet the quality of the picture is the same ad hd-dvd even though the blue-ray will cost more.

Dont most of the old dvd companys back HD-DVD instead of blue-ray? I have read in the internet that many organization which consist of companies that are somehow involved with dvd seem to all back HD-DVD. Also when Intel and Microsoft joined the HD-DVD group and Apple decided to back both, doesent this give a huge advantage for HD-DVD in the computer markets?

Am i missing something here?