I was looking at sites today and it seems that HD DVD may get a new life as long as Paramount stays on board.

How?

Duo players that do both HD DVD and Blu-Ray.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/buffalo-technology-intros-external-blu-rayhd-dvd-drive-for-pcs/5084

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/samsung-will-introduce-a-new-duo-blu-rayhd-dvd-player-/5073

In response to the topic title, I wish.

We don't need HD movies; the quality is good enough for now.

I hope its dead

reports keep coming in that both paramount and universal are leaving. i hope its true. this format war has put a black cloud over hd in general

if universal or paramount dont pull out i can see retailers pulling them(players and movies) off the shelves

Source, please. I hope HD DVD hangs on and rebounds. Why? I am not thrilled with paying over $30 for movies that are slightly better than DVDs. I am not thrilled with having to settle for a format that is still trying to implement features that have been available on the HD DVD format since launch.

I just don't like half-baked stuff. 

It's not looking good for HD-DVD.

I don't know and I don't care.

HD DVD is dying a slow death, but at least it's dying and it should hopefully drop dead with in 3 months so Finally we can have a standard format that will only benefit the end consumer but retailers and manufactured alike.

That standard format had better be cheap, then :P.