Fine, BluRay Wins. Any good units that play BR and DVD?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

But now it occurs to me why I'm uber-baffled at the winning format. Correct me if I'm wrong, but would an HD DVD player have been able to play both HD and regular DVD???

Just as the Blu-Rays could (well 99% of them), HD DVD players could play both HD DVDs and standard DVDs. This was never a dividing issue between the two formats.

Originally Posted by Chernabog

...and 2.0 does all of the above AND has online feature capabilities).

Something that I feel is VERY important. Not so much for connectivity, but for firmware upgradability down the road.

Originally Posted by Chernabog

Question tho -- why are you getting Bluray if you don't have an HDTV?

I agree with Cherny: without an HD TV, you will never see the difference between a Blu Ray and a Standard DVD.