Today I purchased a HD-DVD player. The reasoning was quite basic. I am about to start at a new job, and my wife so kindly allowed me to reward myself with a gadget. So I picked up the Toshiba HD-A20. This is the middle level HD-DVD player, falling between the HD-A2 (which only supports 1080i) and the HD-XA2 (which has better sensing of true color). And the other reason? Well it was on sale for $299 and still had the offer of 5 free HD-DVD's with the purchase.
You may have asked yourself why I decided to go HD over Blu-Ray? As much as I may have wanted to stick it to Sony, as I hate them, it was much more basic than that. First off, it's a 1080P player for under $300. To me that's huge. Second, I do not see a picture quality difference between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Third, well, title wise it's a toss-up. Sure I don't get to watch the Pirates of the Caribbean and a few other exclusive titles...but I can get the Matrix trilogy and the Transformers on it.
I still think that HD will win out as well. Simply because it is the lower cost alternative to Blu-Ray.
In the days ahead I'll post a review. I can say that the upconverting of 300 to 1080p is absolutely stunning and incredible. And I just performed the first firmware update (which to me canot be topped by Blu-Ray) and the display is perfect. It's awesome!
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