If you are like us, fed-up with this stupid, which at the end will screw the consumer (us), well you should either consider waiting a little bit more or go ahead for the BD-UP5000 from Samsung, the very first Blu-Ray and HD-DVD player available from Samsung. As for myself, I choose my camp, it is the Blu-Ray one… Now if Toshiba wants me to consider how good the HD-DVD is, well they know how to contact me

Samsung introduces its first dual-format High-Definition (HD) optical disc player, the BD-UP5000 Duo HD Player. This player is positioned as the flagship in the company’s growing line of high definition players. Offering the same playback capabilities as the BD-P2400 including HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) processing, the BD-UP5000 supports both Blu-ray and HD -DVD formats as well as their interactive technologies, BD Java and HDi. Consumers can now enjoy additional studio content such as trailers, director’s comments, more elaborate interactive menus and behind the scene footage.
With the launch of the Duo HD, Samsung stays true to its commitment to develop products that make life simpler through its breadth of innovative technologies. The Duo HD player blends the benefits of each format in a single player, offering access high-definition movie titles regardless of the authoring format.