In the long run this won't matter anyways, as the Blu-ray format is both technologically superior (holds 50GB compared to 30GB), and also has much wider support in the electronics industry. Though HD-DVD is technically the "standard" espoused by the DVD Forum, only two major companies support it, NEC and Toshiba. On the other hand Sony, Hitachi, LG, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Royal Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Thompson (not to mention Dell and HP) back the Blu-ray.
Check out this report comparing the two at CES. HD-DVD sounds like it is getting left in the dust.
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In the long run this won't matter anyways, as the Blu-ray format is both technologically superior (holds 50GB compared to 30GB), and also has much wider support in the electronics industry. Though HD-DVD is technically the "standard" espoused by the DVD Forum, only two major companies support it, NEC and Toshiba. On the other hand Sony, Hitachi, LG, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Royal Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Thompson (not to mention Dell and HP) back the Blu-ray.
Check out this report comparing the two at CES. HD-DVD sounds like it is getting left in the dust.