Hopefully drives for this new format will not be crippled by entertainment industry pressure groups. I'll pass on HD-DVD/BluRay and wait for higher capacity.
I actually would expect the RIAA to panic even more than the MPAA. Just imagine how many MP3's would fit on a disc; with high school kids swapping these things, who needs P2P networks? I can just see it now: the War on Portable Media(tm).