The zealots, the fanboys and the FUD. The HD DVD camp is made up more of normal people, not these nerds who go around foaming at the mouths when somebody says something they don't like.

So my blog has been linked to on the BD forums and I've got a few comments in the moderation queue from any BD fanboys. Mostly nonsense about me being in Europe so why do I care about American announcements instead of IFA (where they announced I was getting five free films!), last time I checked the format war was international, and HD DVD was region free. Or how Fox are releasing 30 titles this year, wow Fox, they're known for their quality stuff aren't they. So I'm still debating if I should publish this stuff, after all, why should I be helping BD fanboys prolong the format war, they've got enough outlets to spew their propaganda they don't need my blog. Heck maybe I should tell them about my forums, where 100% of the people voted for HD DVD.

Why do you guys support such an anti-consumer format? The CD and the DVD were such huge successes because there was no format war, so why do you allow Sony to splinter off and create a format war? What does that do, keep prices higher by slowing adoption of the format. Then it comes to increased copy-protection and region locking, which IMO was one of DVD's greatest weaknesses, no doubt forced on by the likes of Disney and Sony. People buy films in different countries, with HD DVD they can be sure it'll work on their players no matter what. Let's also keep in mind that HD DVD is a finished product, Blu-ray is still under development, and normal people aren't going to like their $1000 BD players being made obsolete by BD 1.1 when that starts making an appearance over the next 6 months or so.

I know you guys have gone into FUD and propaganda overdrive since you were dealt a huge blow by Paramount and Dreamworks dumping Blu-ray, but come on, you're only putting people off BD with your ranting. Blu-ray has lost the ability to win the format war now, it's time for everybody to end it now, before we the consumers are forced to waste money on the more expensive dual-format players.

I invite the BD fanboys to bin their Blu-ray collections and join with HD DVD to end the format war this year, so the consumer wins and not greedy corporations like Fox and Sony.

The format war is no longer between HD DVD and Blu-ray. HD DVD has done enough that it can't lose now, the question now is can HD DVD finish off Blu-ray so we can get prices down and have mainstream adaption sooner rather than later, or will both formats continue to exist and the consumer is screwed by having to spend the extra money on a dual-format player. The format war at this point is between HD DVD and dual-format.