Well it lost the format war aye, but even though i knew that, i still bought a toshiba hd-dvd player its a mint upscaler for normal dvds, and there are about 4-500 hd dvds available. Transformers for example looks amazing on it. Considering on HMV.co.uk you can buy loads of em for 5 quid each, id say its a bargain entry to high definition if you have a good tv etc.
yeah - don't expect any more releases on HD - toshiba developed it and dropped it a few months ago. u can get the HD drives for the xbox for a tenner!
they were on here last week : http://www.gamestop.ie/store_locator.asp BUT it's an irish store, only uk shops are birmingham and somewhere else it was on hotdealsuk.com