I read this morning that Bill Hunt of
www.thedigitalbits.com is now getting much better performance from bluray bypassing the HDMI input and using the component inputs. It seems that the HDMI input on the Samsung is not operating properly and seriously degrades the video when it is passed through that input.
Right now I think it is pretty silly and useless to make any comparisons between these two formats. Neither of the HD formats have players with complete features. The Toshiba converts DD+ to the Dts format, and Bluray is using 5.1 uncompressed PCM with no DD trueHD or Dts HD master audio in sight till next year. All we can say at this junction is that the picture quality is great, though I like Sony's idea of using 5.1 uncompressed PCM for its audio. Why do we need Dolby or Dts with this?