It looks like BBC is a little ahead of NBC. Yesterday the report was that Toshiba was "considering pulling HD-DVD out of it." Microsoft had just replied to that announcement with their comment about whether that would be the end of XBox.

Toshiba's "final" decision to pull-out apparently was announced only today.

Sony demands a royalty for each commercial DVD burned using Blu-Ray, in addition to the royalties for copyrighted works in the content. HD-DVD didn't require a separate per-copy fee, so the HD-DVD disks usually were a little cheaper.

HD-DVD was approved by the standards organizations prior to release, while Blu-Ray is Sony's own format (with no outside control/approval).

HD-DVD devices are somewhat simpler to build.

Most of the released Hi-D porn is on HD-DVD.

Other than that, it seems Blu-Ray has won the battle. A very important feature that probably gave the edge with distributors to Blu-Ray is that it incorporates much more invasive and apparently stronger DRM built into the format.

John