I just plugged in the HD DVD into a Crystalio II and that goes into my current projector- runco 5000. This has a DVI in and it is not HDMI compatible so I have to use the HD DVD 1080 component. The scaler is bringing this down to 720p/60.

I have gotten so used to watching a much brighter and punchier image via the plasma- Im very glad to be making the improvement to the projector- hopefully within the next month. I note that the image off HD DVD has the same color skew I saw on my plasma- to my eyes it looks like the lower grey levels are slightly more blue or even purple than they should. Lots of things could be the culprit, but since I see the same thing on two displays, I figured I would report in on it.

Heres a question for us early adopters:

Suppose a title is released in both BR and HD DVD, same date, same price, and exact same specs. Which one would you buy and why?

I would say that I am so impressed with VC-1 that I would buy the HD DVD version as a way of sending the early adopter message to the powers that be that I am supporting HD DVD (thanks Mark! smile ).

What caused me to think of this is the announcement that Happy Feet will be out on both formats at the same time with the same encoding. The BR is a little less money because the HDDVD is a combo. I will go for the combo as I can put it into the kscape for system wide use. So the extra is worth it to me, but for purposes of the question, suppose they are the same price and the HD DVD is not a combo. Eg- there are no technical advantages one way or another.

best regards,
Jerry

Best regards,
Jerry
Main System: 861v6, DSP8000s in corners, DSP7000s Center and Sides, 1-9 humans.