HD is still a niche market, and Blu ray and HD DVD combined hardly made a dint into the SD DVD market which is also in decline.
Download services like AppleTV and pay per view are the biggest threat to all forms of optical disks.
Sure you don't get 1080p or HD sound, but not everyone is a Home Theatre buff,
so 1080i or 720p will look good enough on their new Plasma or LCD, and as long as the 5.1 sound makes their speakers vibrate and subwoofer rumble they will be happy.
I like HD DVD because not being from the US meant cheap purchases from amazon and no region locking, some new releases are well over the $US40 mark locally, plus the top of the line Toshiba player is an excellent upscaler with it's REON chip
Download services like AppleTV and pay per view are the biggest threat to all forms of optical disks.
Sure you don't get 1080p or HD sound, but not everyone is a Home Theatre buff,
so 1080i or 720p will look good enough on their new Plasma or LCD, and as long as the 5.1 sound makes their speakers vibrate and subwoofer rumble they will be happy.
I like HD DVD because not being from the US meant cheap purchases from amazon and no region locking, some new releases are well over the $US40 mark locally, plus the top of the line Toshiba player is an excellent upscaler with it's REON chip