Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD…?
which do you think is going to win the HD battle?
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As things stand now, DVD in the medium term, and Video on Demand (VOD) / download services in the long term.
HD DVD and Blu-ray are, and will remain, niche formats supported by the minority of consumers who can benefit and afford to pay the premium prices.
There are complex reasons for this that I’ll not go into here again (Search Y!A for "Blu-ray HD DVD" and you’ll find your question has been asked and answered at least 150 times before), but unless there is some major change in format support policy by one of the major studios both formats have sufficient market share that neither will "win" (they will coexist) and unless media prices come down to the same level as DVD the average consumer (vs the more affluent early adopter) will ignore HD disks or, at best, only support them as an occasional option.
I expect HD DVD and Blu-ray and dual format HD (actually universal) disk players to eventually replace higher priced ($100 and up) DVD players, but probably not low cost (< $100) players. Remember that both HD DVD and Blu-ray players are also upconverting DVD players … and will be primarily used as such by many consumers.
Like most things in our society there are a range of options available for viewing electronic media (TV, DVD, movie channels, VOD, HD disks, HD Tapes, even (still) VHS) and many consumers use several of them according to circumstances. HD disks are no different.