[Digital Sniper]

I've been sidelining our high-definition DVD purchases until the whole Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD brouhaha was settled. Now time will tell whether we're stuck with a VHS or Beta winner.

[Prokopton]

Now time will tell whether we're stuck with a VHS or Beta winner.

Beta was technically superior to VHS but lost out.

Blu Ray is technically superior to HD and it won out.

[Spktyr]

VHS won out in the consumer marketplace, but Beta was technically superior and won in the pro marketplace. SuperVHS came along to try to make up the tech difference, but it never was as good as Beta.

This time around, the technically superior one won, partially because there was never going to be a way to record HD-DVD at home (even with a computer) and there already are BluRay burners on the market.