[LibLieSlayer]

Universal will come around. HDDVD is already dead... it’s just still walking. Toshiba is now GIVING AWAY players for FREE with purchase of selected TV’s. When a company slashes prices and gives away their hardware... the signs are easily read for those with open eyes.

LLS

[HamiltonJay]

Agreed, HD-DVD was dead, and MS’s last minute attempt to revive it was in vein.

PS3 having Blu Ray has hurt its console sales due to the added price, but clearly helped them win them the format war.

That and the fact they got the studios on board.

[antiRepublicrat]

When a company slashes prices and gives away their hardware... the signs are easily read for those with open eyes.

Doesn't Sony's incredible loss per unit on the PS3 due to the expensive Blu-Ray diode count?

BTW, I don't have a horse in this race. I'm just going to wait it out until one side wins and buy that. Although theoretically I tend to side with ditching backwards compatibility in order to achieve greater technological advancement (I guess that would be Blu-Ray?).