You have to understand that making a next gen dvd and deciding which codec it will use is done at the same time and by the same people.
Guys who decide on what Blue Ray Disc will be capable of also pick one of the available (or develop their own) codec for use in this particular formats life cycle.
If it weren' t so - your DVD player wouldn' t be able to play the newest DVD movies without you updating it.
Those two camps are not only HD DVD Vs Blue Ray - these are also HD DVD codec vs Blue ray codec and HD DVD security system vs BD security system.
Every next gen format consists of the storage (disc) , codec (the one this particular disc will support) and security system.
BD wins in STORAGE and SECURITY , while HD DVD wins in Video Quality od it' s CODEC.
It' s more complicated than that though.
if HD DVD wins in Video Quality, then it' s clear that BDisc' s storage means nothing for movies (30HD DVD looks at least as good as 50GB BD movie and has extra features)
Since security isn' t our concern (our as customers) , the winner is obvious.
But like Majik said - people are just people and they don' t know shit.
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