Looking at technical specifications, the number of movies available, and the number of players sold for each format may have some importance in determining the winner in the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray format war, but what about asking which format actually has the movies that someone wants? I've taken a look at all titles listed for both formats on Amazon and have rated movies in the following way: 1 - Nice to have, 2 - Would like to have, and 3 - Gotta have. I will then add the numbers up to see which format has the higher number of points to determine which format I would go with, though I have no intention to do so in the near future, as I do not even have an HD television set yet.
Blu-Ray:
Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest - 2
Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl - 3
Terminator 2 - Judgment Day - 1
House of Flying Daggers - 1
Kung Fu Hustle - 2
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - 1
The Princess Bride - 3
Kill Bill, Volume 1 - 1
Total for Blu-Ray: 14
HD-DVD:
Batman Begins - 1
Serenity - 1
Army of Darkness - 1
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 2
The Matrix - 3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 2
Total for HD-DVD: 16
HD-DVD just barely edges about Blu-Ray - and that is without splitting Lord of the Rings into three movies. Even though Blu-Ray is listed as having more movies, right now HD-DVD has more of what I want. Still, it's too close for me to want to choose one over the other (without going to a player that plays both formats). Hopefully this format war will end soon.
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