[ironhead1230]

I do not currently own either so all of the following is based off of reviews or message boards that I have read. Who knows what will happen in the future, but looking at the current hardware and movies, HD-DVD is a pretty clear winner. The HD-A1 is half the cost of the Blu-Ray players, and I haven't seen a single review of a Blu-Ray player that wasn't disappointing. On the other hand, except for the slow response, the majority of reviews of HD-DVD have been positive. I have read uncomfirmed reports that there are picture quality issues with the Blu-Ray players themselves, but until the higher capacity Blu-Ray discs are released, it's not possible to do a proper review of the players. Whatever happens in the future, I think it's pretty clear which technology is in the lead right now.

As Bobgpsr pointed out below, I was wrong in my description of the video decoding hardware of the HDA1. I have removed those comments so nobody gets confused.

Lastly, on top of being able to play HD-DVDs the HD-A1 is an excellent upconverting player for SD discs, rivaling the best SD players on the market. So I will be buying a Toshiba HD-A1 in the near future.

-Mike
"You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."