My gut tells me HD disc is here to stay - I really don't believe it is headed for SACD/DVD-A. I just think there are enough people now with large screen HDTVs to support the formats - even if, in many cases, these people still need to learn to appreciate the better quality of HD-on-disc (much as they did with widescreen)! To me, worst case scenario is that the format become what Laserdisc was: a viable but nich format. And that wouldn't be that bad!

BTW, the impending dual format player from samsung looks like a potential winner - 1080p @24 from both formats; decoding for both of the lossless hirez audio codecs. Ok, so it doesn't handle the full interactive BR capability, but does anyone actually plan to use that anyway?

My Kit: 861v8+ID41, 800v4, UHD722, MD600, MS600, MS200, Oppo BDP-203, Genesis 201, Genesis 350 SE, Genesis S4-8 Sub, BG 520i, VTL MB450 II, Krell Showcase 7, Genesis 928 Subs, Danley DTS10 sub, SVS Ultra 16 subs.