First let me say I am a novice user and also really addicted with Houdini as a creative tool.

At the moment trying to get a basic mastery of the rendering pipeline, shaders and the various rendering solutions available for Houdini.

A no brainer to me would be to have a site dedicated to comparing the various render engines out there. No single render solution is THE best. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, and,

as someone who doesn't have 100's of additional spare hours to master every rendering solution out there ( ie being told to learn them all!), it is those strengths and weaknesses I need to know.

eco_bach
…as someone who doesn't have 100's of additional spare hours…

there's your answer

I think its something that would have to be sponsored, using test scenes that all vendors are happy with.