Is anyone successfully burning HD DVD?

I know there isn't an actual HD DVD burner out there, but there is a "backdoor" way to make an HD DVD.
My question is, is anyone successfully doing this? What HD DVD player is it working on for playback? Is there any real news about the release of HD DVD burners?

Whoops -- I should have posted this on the DVDSP forum. Sorry!
Message was edited by: William Edmunds

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