I grabbed the HD-DVD player as well. It's awesome -- it has a very awesome DAC also (the kind you'd find in a $150 dedicated audiophile CD player). I guess at the original MSRP of $500, Toshiba figured they could afford to put a lot of high end components in this unit.
The format war is good for consumers from a price standpoint, but bad for consumers from a "I want to see whatever movie I can on my format" standpoint. I believe more studios will release for both formats when their current contract expires (Disney seems obvious). Contracts were easy to forge now because everyone knew adoption would be very, very slow.
When the HD formats make up 10% of total DVD sales, much less even approach 1% of total sales, the studios will be far more interested in releasing in all formats than taking cash to release in a single format. Much of what has been going on thus far has been posturing to garner the initial market share to convince others of the impending victory. There is no impending victory.
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