Perhaps Mr. Spielberg called and told him to shut his trap...
http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2304
Loved Transformers (and even The Island for that matter), but I this guy is completely full of shit.
I'll blog about my first experience with HD DVD soon though...
I am still holding off until the war is over.
I bought a cheap little HDMI upconvert DVD player and my everyday DVDs look great. With close to 1000 titles, I do not want to even think about replacing them.
They convert to 720p (some better than others) and that is fine for me. The biggest challenge I have now is that my Home Theatre system looks like crap (on my HDTV)in comparission even though it was high end less than 2 years ago.
I'm in no hurry to replace most of mine (though I have nowhere near a thousand!). Which up-convert player do you have? Diana is looking for one, and I'd like to steer her toward one if possible. The Xbox 360 is a great up-converter for standard def DVD's, much better than I would have expected. They're just a little bit soft, but still very clean in terms of picture quality.
Mine is actually a cheap Magnavox model I picked up at the evil empire for about $80. I picked it because it came with an HDMI cable and when I compared pictures it out performed a much more expensive model that did not have an HDMI cable included.
I knew going into the process I did not want to spend too much, as it was a somewhat risky purchase. But for $80, I didn't have too much to lose.