Lets get it straight, the Blu-ray/HD DVD battle is a video game console war, not a HD media format war.

I just got the HD DVD Xbox 360 player for $200. If HD DVD loses I'll toss it with no regrets.

The consensus on the AVS Forum is that the Sony PS3 holds its own against all available Blu-ray players, plus you get a cool next gen game console!

Most important for me is the fact that both Xbox and PS3 offer downloadable HD movies. None of the HD media players to date have hard drives for downloadable HD content.