Is Microsoft invested in HDDVD? If not, they should also make BR add-on for XBOX360.
Why don't the movie studios just make movies available for both formats? Then we can truly compare who the winner would be.

@ChronoTriggerJM:

It's clear that you have no idea what you're talking about. HD-DVD is a better format for movies right now for a number of reasons; the only thing Blu-ray has that makes it better is the disc size which is really not that significant. Read this article:

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6754683-1.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

Your comments on bitrates and compression seem to be based solely on hearsay. Virtually all of the releases that have been dual-format have been nearly indistinguishable from each other. Warner themselves have admitted that the HD-DVD release of 300 was preferrable to the Blu-ray release. They have also chosen only to release the Matrix trilogy on HD-DVD thus far, deciding to wait until the Blu-ray feature set catches up. When you state that King Kong reached the limitations of the HD-DVD disc, don't forget that Kingdom of Heaven did the same thing on Blu-ray.

No surprises here. What fool would buy a standalone BluRay player when the PS3 costs the same amount or less?

I still think software is the better way to gauge. Someone who bought HD or BR and was disappointed and switched to a different format still gets added to the sales total, even though he's not adding any more pennies to the coffers. Software sales tell you where the real interest is, and in that regard BR is kicking HD tail (though neither is doing well enough to boast outside their own little arena).

I can't imagine someone "switching formats" and deciding not to purchase any more titles for a device they already own, unless they are selling it on to someone else who would then take over the purchasing of new titles. You don't buy a several-hundred dollar piece of equipment not to use it.

Microsoft said if Blu-Ray won they likely would release an add on like they did HDDVD.  Seems like they'd perfer it if HDDVD won though.

I'm just glad I have a ps3 and a standalone HDDVD player, so whatever happens I am in the clear. For a while I wanted HDDVD to win just because sony really pisses me off sometimes, but as of now, I could really care less. Although, I have about 25 HDDVDs compared to only 15ish Blu-ray movies, and I think the attach rate for HDDVD is higher than BD, tell me if I am wrong.

LOL @ Goose, ummm well First off, the only thing HD-DVD HAD over blu-ray was PiP (picture in picture) which ISNT in all of their films, if you've heard of something called BD-J its blu-rays java based equivalent, its actually much better than HD-DVD's as demonstrated by the film "Cars". As for your claims on kingdom of heaven, your absolutely right! Back when blu-ray was single layer though, only 25 gig... Sorry :/ The new dual layers hold 50 gig are are Regularly encoded in MPEG-4, as compared to the normal VC-1 Codec HD-DVD uses, and as for 300, yup, it got better ratings due to the fact that it had PiP :P The movie formats looked identicle, (both encoded the same) However I will not take offense at your calling me a misinformant :D

Of course multiplats look the sameon both formats. That were encoded with both formats in mind. It's the exclusive that show where each format shines, and currently Pirates of the Carribean 1&2 have the best pq of all HD movies yet released. They max out Blu-Rays bitrates, which are higher than HD DVD's bitrates. In their current form, they could not be done on HD DVD, and there has yet to be a film released on HD DVD that shows that PQ of the level of PotC can be attained on the HD DVD format. This is fact. You cannot deny it.

About King Kong and Kingdom of Heaven, Universal was forced to release King Kong without Lossless audio because of the lmited space. Kingdom of Heaven does have lossless audio.  Not to mention, as Chronotrigger already pointed out, Kingdom of Heaven only filled up a single layered 25gb BD-Rom, not the dual-layered 50gb BD-Rom.

Will movies the size of Apocalypes Now or the LotR: EE fit on a single dual-layered HD DVD?  Hell no.  Maybe if they sacrificed some PQ along with the lossless audio, they might be able to oull it off, but they'd probably prefer to go the 2-disc route to keep the AQ and PQ high.  The days of multidisc movies should be over by now, but if HD DVD wins, it probably won't be.  Who wants to switch a disc halfway through the movie?  The AQ and PQ of HD movies are supposed to help create a sense of immersion in the movie.  Switching discs would destroy that affect.