I got onto HD early this summer and have not been too anxious to get a Blueray player. Maybe I am for the underdog but it seems HD has better movies,presentation like 300 and certainly is better priced for hardware and is loved by more true movie fans even on dvdtalk it seems to me. This "war is probally good in long run as it forced prices to come down faster and probally quality too. I don't know..I just feel Hd supporters are fighting the Dark Side(Sony?) or something and this is the way to go. Even the name is better....Hd vs Blue Ray come onnnnnn..

The idea that people have attached any emotional thought deciding to purchase or defend HD or BD is about the only downside of the HD progression to me.

Is it cooler? I don't know...but I think true movie fans would support both so they could watch all available movies in HD.

It reminds me of Sopranos fans who talk about the deepness of the show, and how you don't have to have a "whacking" to make it good, etc.

So called "purists" are amusing.

Blu-ray is HD too. I assume you mean HD DVD.

That's the biggest bullshit statement I've read around here in a while. What, exactly, is a "true movie fan"? True movie fans, to me, love movies, not home video formats.

In answer to your original question, anyone whose coolness is based on what home electronics they own "probally" isn't very cool at all.

You just don't get it, man. We purists know what the score is.

And David Lynch doesn't make crappy movies, they're art. And The Departed was great!