[Sonnie]

I don't explore the menus myself, so the deciding factor for me would be price and video quality. Will the Blu-ray be up to par with the HD-DVD.

I'm extremely satisfied with HD-DVD and SD-DVDs on the Toshiba player. If I can eventually get a Blu-ray player for $500 or so (one that actually had good video quality and no bugs), I'll probably buy it and forget about combo player.

However, for someone who doesn't already own a player, this combo will possibly be the player to have, provided BR can get their act together with the PQ and buggy stuff.

In no way do I even begin to believe that this one player will cause the downfall of HD-DVD. It just ain't gonna happen. HD-DVD will end up winning out the format war, unless a respectable combo player surfaces, and then I'm still not sure BR will survive and thrive like HD-DVD.