Right now I favor Blu-Ray, mostly due to the technical differences and that most of the movies I want are in that format. Also, none of the Sony-owned studios (Columbia Tristar, MGM, etc.) will EVER produce a movie on HD-DVD... at least not until BD suffers some sort of gruesome and complete death, which doesn't seem likely any time soon.

However, with Paramount jumping and Universal still HD-DVD only, there is now a growing number of titles I want on HD-DVD... so I'm thinking of picking up one of those players so I can watch what I want when I want, rather than worrying about who supports what.

Honestly, the best decision for a consumer who just wants to watch some HD might be to get one of the combo players (the forthcoming Samsung or 2nd generation LG seem okay so far).