More people in US with a HD DVD player than Blu-ray

[madskillz]

Wyku said:
Probably from lots of uninformed people buying dirt cheap HD-DVD players still kicking around, along with bargain bins of HD-DVD's. I know there's lots of threads on deal watching websites about sales on HD-DVD's that people go nuts for, in the laser disc sort of way lol.

Actually, you are incorrect. I was visiting a cousin who has several hundred laser discs and guess what? They still play fine. He has a Blu Ray, but he played that Laserdisc more than he played the Blu Ray. Unlike you and other ignorant folks who are quick to diss on the format, HD-DVD players, while no longer supported, still can play HD-DVDs, and a fine, fine job playing upconverted movies. And since my 360 has the HDMI outputs, I'm watching everything - especially my HD-DVDs - in full HD.

And what's so wrong with buying 'V for Vendetta' for $6, an external Xbox HD-DVD player for $30 and movies - when the cost of entry for Blu will be at least $225? Let's see - $36 vs. $225 to watch HD movies in 1080P. Hmmm, let me think about this.