Sony can make HD-DVD go away....if they pay!

[tron3]

Face it, the last thing we need is another format war. It's bad for sales, bad for customers, and bad for longevity support of the product. No one wants to buy two players. Do you REALLY want to play LOTR on one player, and "The Matrix" on another? Not getting my money twice, that's for sure.

If Sony (and company) just buys the hd-dvd technology from Toshiba, all that can change. As part of the agreement, Sony should also offer them a special deal on licensing and making blu-ray discs and players.

Why go to court? Money talks. Give them a sweet deal they can't refuse and HD-DVD never has to see the light of day. I admit, it's a great technology, but it's a day late and a dollar short. Still love the name, though.

We need the capacity of blu-ray. If this one standard (and one standard only) can be achieved, blu-ray will soar and EVERYONE will make a profit from it. Consumer confidence will be high.

In these financially unsure times, the industry should not piss off their bread and butter - the consumer. Otherwise I will just buy the Sony DHG-HDD500 hard disc HD recorder and be done with it. I'm not getting burned again. I STILL wish I had adopted S-VHS sooner. Quality counts!