Blue Ray or HD dvd player?

[TheSpecialist]

Sony owns the Blue ray rights, it's their proprietary version of HD. If you think studios will carry both, think again. Disney is owned by Sony, they are Blu Ray only, there was an article listing which studios are doing bluray only, which are doing hidef, and which if any are doing both. I have Blu Ray and love the picture, not to mention that both Netflix, and Blockbuster online rent them.

[Mr. Sandman]

Luckily for me my family has outgrown most things Disney, I'll just have to watch it in up-converted SD or broadcast HD (which is where I get most of my HD anyway) I rarely rent movies anymore, I did the netflix and BB thing for years and moved on a couple years ago. IN the end PPV or On Demand will end the rental industry IMO. That said, I hate format wars like this. I believe "most" studios make money selling movies not players and will want to offer them in as many formats as possible.

Combo units are a not bad idea I just couldn't justify it for my needs. If blue ray becomes the be all and end all format, I will get a Blueray player or watch it thru a video game player.