High-def DVDs

 
Like most of you, I can't wait until high-definition DVDs come out (I'll finally be able to get a ROI on that dusty HDTV in the corner ;-) ). Unfortunately, the way things are heading, we are going to end up with two different kinds of high-def DVDs, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. It's nothing new to have many formats for a medium (just look at regular DVDs: DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD+R, etc.). However, at least 99% of the time, "Hollywood" DVDs would work in any DVD player. With the new high-def DVDs, even Hollywood is going half-and-half. Just imagine going to a local Wal-Mart by this time next year and seeing one row of Blu-Ray movies and another row of HD DVD movies, trying to figure out which one a particular movie is on. Most of them will be on either one or the other, not both! (because of this, dual-format high-def DVD players will probably be very popular) And to think, the 'older' crowd was just about to get used to DVDs! Oh well, I guess we all suffer when both sides are stubborn.