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Well, it looks like Universal is now tainting some of its HD DVD releases with hybrids. http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=61797 What's worse is that Animal House is going to be a hybrid. What the hell is the point of THAT?! And as a extra special bonus to those who are...

Yeah, make them the same price as HD DVD only and then it's basically a non-issue (with the exception that a disc with art is asthetically nicer). This, of course, is assuming HD DVD 30 is used (not 15).

The problem is that it is simply not fair to force ALL people who are interested in buying HD DVDs to pay extra just to benefit the portion of people who want a "one disc fits all players/rooms" implementation. Fair would be for people who demand this "multi player/room functionality" to have...

See, if I were in your situation, I wouldn't even consider hybrids. I'd buy the less expensive DVDs now. IF I ever decided to go Hi-Def five years or so from now, then the HD DVD of that time will probably be a bit cheaper than those of today (and certainly will be cheaper than today's...

There are two options for hybrids, as far as I understand: A single sided version that has one HD layer at 15gb and one DVD layer at 4.5gb A two sided version that has dual layer HD at 30gb on one side and dual layer DVD 9gb on the other. I'm not sure if there are options for other...

Yeah, I think it has the potential to be a pain in the ass. My understanding is that this isn't likely to be used for any catalogue titles, but will be more likely to be used for new "day and date" releases. If there was no price difference, that is one thing. But with a price difference...