Blu-Ray competing standard

[markw]

I'm really excited to see this blu ray technology. I did recently buy a dvd recorder since I know I can't way for blu ray to catch on to get away from videotape. Still I look forward to this and figure by 2005 or so it will be down in price and more commonplace and with HDTV also getting cheaper and more common it should start to catch on. I know some people say blu ray will never catch on but I think it will unless some other standard (such as a 100 gig standard) comes out at a good price before it has a chance to catch on. Plus I'm excited about it being built to record so there won't be problems like the current -r/+r and not knowing what if either will work on each player. I assume pc drives will come out as well and maybe like with the +/- dvd's they will be cheaper and more commonplace first.

Anyway, before I ramble on too much how do most people feel about the competing standard from Toshiba/NEC? I hope we don't see two standards with this and I know it could be more of a problem than the current +/- standards. It seems Tohsiba/Nec won't require a cartridge which I kind of like since it takes up most space but the cartridge would protect it so much. Also, I hear it'll hold 40 gigs. Something tells me those this 'competing standard' won't ever catch on.