It's getting harder and harder to separate speculation from opinions based on experience. If you are a regular posters to the forum, please tell us what you own so that we may understand what to base your comments on. Please no flaming on this thread.

I own

Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD player and 93 HD DVDs with 14 more on order
Sony PS3 60GB Blu-ray player and 27 Blu-ray discs with 6 more on order

XBox 360 with HD-DVD add-on.
Slither, Good Night and Good Luck, Superman Returns, Lady in the Water and Jet Li's Fearless - all combos.
Adventures of Robin Hood, Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, King Kong and Clerks II - regular HD-DVD.

No Blu-ray for me until the PS3 can be bought at retail with upscaling of regular DVD's and PS1/PS2 games out of the box. :o

PS3 60gb (I had originally bought a 20gb, but decided to exchange it)

2 BD movies (Superman Returns and Black Hawk Down)

PS/3 20GB

15 titles currently in my possession
6 in transit
4 in a cart on Amazon.com awaiting The Departed pre-order to go up :)
5 or so I will buy locally

15 titles rented so far

(25 DTheater titles, 200 DVDs, and 75 or so Laserdiscs)

Gary

Toshiba HD-A1 - four HD-DVDs - PoTO, Pitch Black, Riddick and Batman Begins.
PS3 20GB - zero BDs.

You can call me Sir Rentalot.

HD DVD Players: Toshiba A1, XA-1 and Japanese model which I forget, A2, Xbox 360
BD Players: Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, PS3
HD DVD titles: All including inernational, minus adult
BD titles: All

OK, OK, you probably didn't want to hear from me. But I needed to get my post count up. :D

Toshiba HD-A1 , 40 HD DVDs , Owned since 4-15-06
Samsung BDP-1000 , 4 BD movies

HD-A1: 15 HD DVD movies
60GB PS3: 3 BD movies

Personally Own in my Home:
Toshiba HD XA1
Toshiba HD XA2
HD DVD 's 50+ and counting
Netflix 6 out at a time plan, mostly HD DVDs
300 + DVDs to watch upconverted

Have demo'd or personally seen used in a comparison test
Xbox 360 Add On
PS3
Samsung, both models
Panasonic
Pioneer Elite
Sony
LG Dual BH100
Toshiba Laptop HD DVD
Samsung Laptop HD DVD

PS3 & 32 BDs

Xbox 360 add-on - 6 HD DVD titles
PS3 60GB - 3 Blu-ray titles

I am a heavy Netflix user.

Playstation 3 - 13 movies currently

Crank
Lady in the Water
The Descent
The Last Samurai
Gone in 60 Seconds
Silent Hill
Mission Impossible 3
Talladega Nights (pack in)
X-Men 3
Black Hawk Down
The Great Raid
Kingdom of Heaven
Underworld Evolution

HD-A1 & 360 add-on. I only rent.

HD-A1 and HD-A2. 50 HD DVD's. PS3 60gb. 12 BD's.

360 add-on, King Kong and Polar Express (both HD-DVD of course).

PS3 with 13 BD's.

hd 360 add on

HD-dvd- Hulk, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Batman Begins, Troy, MI3, We Were Soldiers, Goodfellas, Fast and Furious, Superman Returns

PS3

Blu Ray Movies: Talladegga Nights, X3, Pearl Harbor, Crash, T2

I currently have an HD-A1 with 34 HD titles.

I am in the process of purchasing a PS3 (waiting for a 60GB).

Two XBox 360 units with HD DVD Player add-ons

15 HD DVDs

I've got an A1, and about 42 HD DVDs. I also have over 800+ SD DVDs.
J

Toshiba HD-XA1

21 HD-DVDs so far.

Still considering a Blu-Ray player at some point down the road.

HD-DVD: Toshiba HD-XA2, 2 X-BOX 360 add-on, 76 titles (1 in the mail, so 77).

Blu-ray: Pioneer BDP-HD1, 26 titles (2 in the mail, so 28).

HD DVD: Toshiba HD-A1, 18 HD DVD's

Blu-ray: PS3, 6 BD's

Hardware:

HD DVD - HD-A1, HD-A2, HD-XA2
Blu-ray - Samsung, Philips, PS3

Software:

HD DVD - 116
Blu-ray - 58

Legacy formats:

Laserdisc - >1200 at peak
DVD - >3000
D-Theater - 50

Toshiba A1 & 115 HD-DVD's. 3 others pre-paid through amazon (gift card).

HD DVD - Xbox 360 w/HD DVD Add on
Titles: Unleashed, V for Vendetta, Dune, Batman Begins, Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman Returns, Goodfellas, Deer Hunter, Miami Vice, Training Day, Lady in the Water, Pitch Black, Enter the Dragon, Backdraft, Fast/Furious: Tokyo Drift, Nacho Libre, Sleepy Hollow, King Kong, Hulk

Blu Ray: PS3
Titles: SWAT, Black Hawk Down, Full Metal Jacket, Transporter, Tears of the Sun, The Big Hit, Sky High

2- RCA HDV5000's
1- Toshiba HD-A2
1- Xbox 360 Add-on

23 HD DVD's and counting

1 Toshiba HD-A1
1 Sony PS3

60 HD-DVD's
6 BD's

Toshiba XA1 and 96 HD DVD

I still don't see responses from some of our most vocal proponent/critics of each format (you know who you are ;) ). Please respond so that we may be able to take your personal experience with each format into consideration when we read your posts.

Blu-ray only: 60 GB PS3 since early December, and about 25 BD (3 more in transit).

1 60GB PS3
1 HD-A1
1 HD-A2 on the way
1 XBOX360 with add-on

Stacks of HD movies with the red ones outnumbering the blue ones, but I'm not sure by how much. I'm sure I have over 50 total between them, but use Netflix and blockbuster.com also.

I also have D-Theater decks and tapes, but don't use those much anymore.

My main display currently is a 1080p DLP projector with a 10' wide screen in a mostly black velvet room.

--Darin

Samsung
PS3/60

not sure how many BD( movies) 50+ and growing way too fast

RCA HDV5000 with 23 HD DVD's and growing. :D

Thanks to all who have responded thus far. I think this can be a real helpful thread to help us gauge posts based on speculation vs. experience.

Amir, your contribution is always welcome. By the way, when are you coming to the DC area.

nyg, didn't you at one point own an HD DVD player? Listing your past experience would also help readers.

Robert George, you are my hero :)

I would love to see post from other vocal supporters/critics like Grubert, Talkstr8t, b2bonez, rdjam, beatboy, Mr. Hanky, Amiable-Akuma, Fettastic, ricwhite, bland, TomsHT, TwinTurboZX, scaesare, 2Channel, d3code, What'sHD, Richard Paul, Rob Zuber and others. You are some of the most prolific posters in these forums and knowing your personal experience with either format would be helpful in evaluating your posts (sorry if I left out some names or mis-spell them, it wasn't intentional).

HD-dvd: Toshiba HD-A1 - All U.S titles
Blu-Ray: PS3 - All U.S. titles minus WB, Paramount stuff and this weeks releases.

Toshiba HD-E1

Six movies so far: Batman Begins, Serenity, V For Vendetta, Aeon Flux, Mission Impossible 3, Constantine
Movies ordered: Babel, The Departed

Main problem: Lack of good movies... bring it on, studios

Toshiba HD-A1. I was going to get a PS3 but it got delayed over here and HD deprivation was getting to me. Also, region coding sucks.

Software: About a dozen discs. I can't rent movies so I'm beginning to buy and resell.

HD-A1 and HD-A2. 70 HD DVD's. PS3 20gb. 5 BD's.

Just going to list players as the discs are either too numerous or will change often. :)

HD-DVD: Toshiba HD-A1 via HDMI, XBOX360 add-on attached to Vista HTPC
BD: PS3 60GB via HDMI

Happy with the HD-A1 and PS3...360 add-on giving me fits. :)

Toshiba HD-A1

76 HD-DVDs

Toshiba A-1

approximately 40 HD DVDs and counting -
keep 'em coming and I'll keep buying!

360 HD DVD addon, with 6 movies:
Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick
V for Vendetta
Batman Begins
Serenity
King Kong (pack-in)

Considering buying a PS3 20gb in the next couple months...

360 addon
5 hd-dvd's

ps3 20gb with 30 blu-ray movies (currently)

Toshiba HD-XA1, Xbox 360 with HD-DVD addon.

Currently 48 movies.

Planning to buy a Toshiba HD-XA2 and probably a Sony PS3 (waiting to see how some promised software upgrades turn-out).

Displays are NEC 10PG in HT and Westinghouse LCD (1080P) in bedroom.

Toshiba A1
* Plan on purchasing A20 upon release

54 HD DVD's and counting

Contemplating 20GB PS3

Daniel

Toshiba HD-A1 + a dozen or so titles.

HD-XA1
PS3 60GB

34 HD DVD's
3 BD's

p.s That darn Amir guy has quite a collection, he must have connections.

HD-XA1
PS3 60GB

34 HD DVD's
3 BD's

p.s That darn Amir guy has quite a collection, he must have connections.

Amir gets to expense all his HD DVD and Blu-ray purchases as job-related expenses! :p

HD-A1 & ~ 15 titles
PS3 20GB

3 PS3 60GB

1 for living room
1 in each kids room

25 BD movies 5 more on order

getting PC BD burner in next 3-5 months

Toshiba A2,PS3.
15 HD DVD
15 Blue Ray
I buy one of each when I shop.

Amir, your contribution is always welcome. By the way, when are you coming to the DC area.
Thanks. I was not sure if I was going to get beat up for it :).

And yes, I love to come to D.C. One of my favorite restaurants is there :). Probably wait until the weather warms up a bit in early spring.

Amir gets to expense all his HD DVD and Blu-ray purchases as job-related expenses! :p
Actually, they just show up so I don't even have to expense them :p

A lot of the frequent posters are missing, come on guys.

Toshiba HD-E1
No BR player yet
~30 HD-DVDs (changes weekly)
~5 BR (changes weekly)

Players:
HD-A1 (home), HD-A2 (at work), Toshiba Qosmio(at work), 360 hddvd addon (h).
Samsung BD-P1000(home), PS3 60GB(home), PS3 60GB again(home), Panasonic DMP-B10(w), PS3 20GB(w), Sony Vaio BD burner desktop (w)

Disks :
HDDVD :43 (at home), none on route.
BD : 87(at home), 6 on route.

Plus the dozen or so titles of each format in the office.

Toshiba HD-A1
360 with add-on drive
21 HD DVDs plus the first adult HD DV
1 on back order; plan to pick up 3 new ones this week.
3 at a time Netlix plan

-Byrd