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Well, it seems that it's alot closer than we all think:

http://www.blu-raydisc.com/

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Closer to what? Extinction?

No big deal if both HD formats die.

Sony is on my shit list. Won't support it.

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Why?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#Controversies
See Digital rights management

Did you forget about that one?

Plus I don't like the proprietary media formats they have released over the years.

Last product I purchased was a $900 digital video camera, which had a recall and a class action lawsuit.

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Heh, you're right. I did forget about the digital rights thing. And I never knew about all their other controversial issues. You're right, fuck 'em. Sony's ass is out.

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Five bucks they've learned nothing from Beta, and will price themselves right out of oblivion. It doesn't matter if HD-DVD is inferior (I don't know that it is -- just hypothetically-speaking). As long as Sony continues playing stubborn and stupid, HD-DVD will reign supreme.

Why they couldn't just work together in picking a universal standard is really beyond me, but that's why I'm going to relish seeing one cannibalize the other. Perhaps this can be Time's next cover story. How competing hi-def DVD formats are living dangerously.

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<p align="justify">No biggie. A lot of blu-ray movies are shit to me - as if I'd die if I did not own [i]Aeon Flux[/i] or [i]Ultraviolet[/i] on blu-ray[xx(]

Hey, I'm glad someone else noticed Sony and their DRM bullshit. If I *had to* choose one, I would take HD DVD because of Sony+DRM, and seeing that Sony owns a movie studio, whereas Toshiba doesn't ... [:)]

But as I said, I would rather see both die and learn their lesson the hard way of not working together for a unified format.