Oh, I just wanted to add that I too think it would be WAY cool if dual format players hit the market at a lower cost. It would certainly help those of us with HD-DVD libraries as well as Blu-Ray and REALLY help those who invested heavily in HD-DVD. I actually had hoped that before the format war ended, dual players would actually become the 'norm.'
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough difference between the two competing formats to justify keeping them both on the market. Neither has a compelling advantage that would make it suited to one area while the other dominated another area. Nor do I think it's likely that company's will be eager to make cheap dual format players. For hardware companies, dual players are more expensive to produce and there aren't enough HD player adopters out there to buy the products and drive those costs down. For the studios, I don't think they'd like that idea at all. I'm sure they'd all rather sell us new versions of those movies so that you're forced to keep an HD-DVD player around while they're available (which still could be a long time if HD-DVD somehow finds a way to keep itself a niche player like Beta-max did) or else pay the studio again for a BD version. They just make more money that way and sadly for the consumer, that's the way the studios are more likely to go.
Still, here's to hoping! I'd always wanted one unit to play both, fully featured and for a DECENT price unlike what's currently available. There are always possibilities!
