2) Plenty of titles - soon to be cheap
As of the end of 2007, there were around 350 HD-DVDs retailing in the US. How much you wanna bet that people are selling these by the crap load on eBay and Craigslist? Be sure to check around places that might be selling used HD-DVDs as well. We’re sure general retailers will continue to stock at full price for the rest of the year, but trust us that once no one’s buying this format, that’s when prices will lower dramatically. Amazon.com’s already slashing prices making this the perfect time to start a collection.

3) HD-DVD looks better
Meaning of course, we're talking about those early Blu-ray players. Remember when we said both formats were identical? Scratch that. The PS3 is as far as we know, the only web-enabled Blu-ray player, which allows for firmware upgrades. Most, if not all HD-DVD players have internet capability built in allowing for firmware upgrades constantly. Meaning, if you have an early Blu-ray player (Profile 1.0) - not PS3 - then your video resolution won’t look as good as any HD-DVD player. Of course, that will change in the future with the release of the Profile 2.0 players in October, but for the time being you can rest easy knowing your copy of The Order of the Phoenix looks just as good as Blu-ray's.

4) HD-DVDs are region-free
Yes, tons of Blu-rays in fact are region-free too. But what does this mean for that early HD-DVD adopter? 1) You can nab foreign movies before they’re released in the US. 2) You can buy American movies that haven’t come out here yet. And 3) you can get movies on HD that are normally Blu-ray only because that exclusivity stuff deals mainly with America. This means Fox, Lionsgate and more are available for your newly purchased outdated technology.

5) Early Blu-ray players won’t play future special features
Remember when we said the PS3 is the only web-enabled Blu-ray player? To keep costs low at the Blu-ray launch, early players were apparently built without foresight in mind. Starting this October, newer players will support web capability, royally screwing early adopters. Oh and that HD-DVD player you own? That’ll still play every HD-DVD feature. Suck on that, Blu-ray.

Remember, regular ol’ DVDs are pretty sweet too.

More info
If you’re super late to the party, let’s catch ya’ll up to speed: there are two hi-def DVDs competing for your wallet - HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Your PS3 plays Blu-ray movies. Your Xbox 360 can play HD-DVD with an optional drive at $180 and regular DVDs are backwards compatible for each HD player. In a nutshell, the two formats are essentially the same (except Blu-ray can hold about 20GB more); creating video resolutions up to 1080p (ask your Dad) on that gigantic HDTV you struggle to afford. Movies look better, sound louder and make all your friends envious.

For more information on the Hi-Def DVD war, we recommend these sites:
Hddvd.org 
DVDtalk 
Blu-ray.com