Universal going neutral doesn't change that much, the reasons for going with hd-dvd would still be there.
- Better selection of titles on HD-DVD today.
- No reasonably priced BR standalone players with full feature set.
- No expensive BR standalone players with full feature set.
- More mature platform. (BR is still changeing specs)
- No regional codeing on HD-DVD
- Extra nasty copy protection to be implemented on BR.
- HD-DVD has the support of more studios than BR.
-Some BR exclusives are released on HD-DVD before BR