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Hmmm...I have no idea where you go to buy your HD DVDs or Blu-Ray DVDs, but at my local Best Buy store, the HD and BR DVDs are equal in price (both start at $19.99 and go up from there).

Yes, both are more expensive than standard DVDs, but that's because of the improved clarity.

Sure, you could have argued that most can't see the best 1080i or 1080p (HD vs BR, respectively) unless they have a 1080p HD TV, but considering the prices of many of them have come down drastically, price is no longer prohibitory.

Furthermore, neither is the player. After all, you go and buy yourself a PS3 (which has recently gotten a price drop of $100) for $499, hook it up to a HD TV (which will set you back about $1k for a good one), and you get to see some decent (and some bad) BR DVDs once you turn in the form properly filled out.

So, I fail to see where your price logic comes into play. Perhaps you are simply not in the majority of people who want to experience the best TV has to offer (though, the true BEST will be starting out at the end of this year when HD Laser TVs go on sale), but that's another post for another time.