It's Beta-max vs. VHS all over again

[Ghoulish Delight]

After much posturing and attempts at negotiation, the first official shots in the next generation DVD war have been fired. Toshiba has announced plans to sell a HD DVD player in March (backwards compatible with current DVDs), while Sony, Fox, and Lionsgate have annonced a handful of DVD titles which they will be releasing in Blu-ray format exclusively, the competitor to HD DVD. The titles will, of course, still be available in the current standard DVD format as well.

Personally, I'm going to sit back and let the dust settle. I'm not one to jump on these kinds of emerging technologies. They're buggy, over-priced, and in this case there's a 50% chance of near-term obsolesence. I'll wait until one goes the way of the Laserdisc.

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