Remember BETAMAX.....?

[Myxlplyxx]

No.. I'm not taking a wistful walk down memory lane, but back in my day.. there were these new fangled machines that recorded the tellyvishun. One was called VHS and the other, which provided better picture and sound, was called BETAMAX. You can see how the market shook out. Lots of people bought into BETAMAX early, sure that it was the REAL deal, ended up shafted! I think the only way that Blu-Ray has a chance here is to get to market early and with as many vendors and as much backing as possible. Eventually, it will probably come down to which equipment manufacturing process is cheapest. Unfortunately, HD-DVD is supposed to be a bit cheaper to produce, requiring much less initial investment on the manufacturing side when compared to Blu-Ray. I hope for the best (Blu-Ray crushing the competition), but I can't help but be skeptical.