i think where hd-dvd and blu-ray both shot themselves in the foot is going for the “exclusive” thing. Like, this kick-*edited* movie came on hd-dvd while that kick-*edited* movie came on blu-ray… people aren’t going to go buy both formats since it’s so ridiculously expensive to buy both types of players, and the movies still came on standard def dvds, so unless they already had hd-dvd or blu-ray players they bought them on standard def.
