There are zero signs that HD-DVD is going to win out. Sony owns one of the largest and probably the largest electronics company and motion pictures entertainments, owning Sony pictures, Columbia pictures, and Tri-Star pictures and they all make exclusive movies for blu-ray only. And other third parties like Disney and MGM, their movies exclusive for only blu-ray. The only exclusive hd-dvd has is universal and they are going to go neutral at the end of the year making movies for both. Even if Universal stays with them, the future looks pretty bleak. The only advantage hd-dvd had was cheaper players, but with Blu ray players dropping in price and huge price cuts by the end of the year to $400 dollars while HD-DVD is $300 dollars so hd-dvd will not even be able to claim that their players are cheaper. Even neutral sides like Warner Bros movies are selling more on blu-ray than hd-dvd.

I don't think hd-dvd will be dead yet, it will put up a good fight but blu-ray will be the winner. The HD-DVD will be the new Betamax except this time it's not Sony falling like they did on the Betamax back when it was fighting against VHS. And with Sony teaming up with Samsung making Plasmas, LCD's and Blu-Ray players together, dang. And if you look at the sales on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, Blu-Ray is not actually winning out 2 to 1 on HD-DVD but it's actually going to hit 3 to 1.

Here are the top 25 sellers in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD's together are.

1) "The Departed" Blu-Ray
2) "Casino Royale" Blu-Ray
3) "The Departed" HD-DVD
4) "The Prestige" Blu-ray
5) "Crank" Blu-ray
6) "Saw 3" Blu-ray
7) "Superman Returns" Blu-ray
8) "Batman Begins" HD-DVD
9) "Black Hawk Down" Blu-ray
10) "Underworld Evolution" Blu-ray
11) "The Fifth Element" Blu-ray
12) "X-Men: The Last Stand" Blu-ray
13) "Talladega Nights" Blu-ray
14) "The Guardian" Blu-ray
15) "Open Season" Blu-ray
16) "Ice Age: The Meltdown" Blu-ray
17) "Babel" Blu-ray
18) "Flyboys" Blu-ray
19) "House of Flying Daggers" Blu-ray
20) "Mission Impossible" 3-pack Blu-ray
21) "Click" Blu-ray"
22) "The Terminator" Blu-ray
23) "The Covenant" Blu-ray
24) Gridiron Gang" Blu-ray
25) "Kingdom of Heaven" Director's Cut Blu-ray

As you can clearly see, Blu-Ray dominates 23 out of 25 of the sellings in the list.

More and more companies backing Blu-Ray. Correct me if I'm wrong but George Lucas has praised Blu-ray for some time, so Star Wars could be a huge boost.

wow.....i never though blu-ray would come out on top

I don't realy care who wins this.......dvds will be around for quite awhile longer mind you.

mike, could you stop posting fanboy topics which we couldnt give a shit about?

the original DVD will win out, always. Cos its cheaper. who wants to pay £20 on a film they could pay £10 for?

mike, could you stop posting fanboy topics which we couldnt give a shit about?

the original DVD will win out, always. Cos its cheaper. who wants to pay £20 on a film they could pay £10 for?

And of course pirating is going to go down the drain :D lol

People will look at it like this:
Why pay $300 for a blu-ray player, then £20-30 for a movie, when just a month ago you paid $120 for a pretty good DVD player, and a pirated DVD for $4?

hmmm i should buy a blue ray player just incase dvd stop selling

I don't realy care who wins this.......dvds will be around for quite awhile longer mind you.

people want to watch high definition that's why. have you even seen a movie on dvd and then a movie on blu-ray or hd-dvd? huge freaking difference, the sound is amazing and the picture quality is superior to dvd's.

I'll stick with good old dvd's. I can just rent HD movies on the tv in my living room for like 3 bucks anyway.

mike, could you stop posting fanboy topics which we couldnt give a shit about?

the original DVD will win out, always. Cos its cheaper. who wants to pay £20 on a film they could pay £10 for?

I think I remember the same thing going on When DVD first came out and people were on VHS.

Eventually Blue-ray will take over and you will no longer see DVD's on shelves like you dont see VHS tapes now. Of course it might take a while but it is innevitable.

I think I remember the same thing going on When DVD first came out and people were on VHS.

Eventually Blue-ray will take over and you will no longer see DVD's on shelves like you dont see VHS tapes now. Of course it might take a while but it is innevitable.

A long while. Anywho, I don't know where you guys live, but I still see VHSs in the local Family Dollar, and BlockBuster. XD