I have mixed feelings on the whole format war. I tried to be format neutral for the past month but I have had serious problems with Blu Ray since day one. I purchased 6 Blu Ray movies and a Samsung BD-1400 player that when I got home...
I also seem to have more issues with HD DVD. I just picked the Planet Earth HD DVD and none of the discs will play in my A-35. I also had issues with Harry Potter and TOP and the Bourne Ultimatum.
Just picked up a PS3 after my lackluster performance of my Samsung BD-1000. So far I have been very impressed with PS3 Blu Ray playback. I'll wait till the standalone Blu Ray 2.0 players drop in price before picking one up.
With all the problems with that I am having with this player. I am considering picking up a PS3. Then I'll wait till Blu Ray's specs are finalized before picking up another player.