It doesn't matter.
to some of us quality does matter
The reason HD-DVD will prevail is price, both software and hardware
SW is the same (except for HD DVD combo disks that are higher)
HW:
1) kind of a stupid comment coming from someone that bought an XA2 the most expensive HD DVD player and as expensive as any stand alone BD player (but I guess as an HD DVD most of the titles you buy are DVD because most studios don’t support HD DVD – so in that way yes the SD titles for your HD DVD player are cheaper then HD titles on BD )
2) if your definition was not so narrow you would notice BD and HD DVD prices are not that far. Someone needs to spend 500$ or more to get into the game