Well - as ALSO having been burnt by ending up with a VERY expensive Betamax player, when all the BetaMax tapes were being yanked off the market; perhaps it might serve to recall that Betamax was a Sony product and a far better system than VHS. So maybe we shall see the same story play itself out here - again - the better BluRay being subjugated by the earlierToMarket alternative, just because it got there earlier.
Perhaps Sony will have learnt its marketing lesson this time?
Lawrence
What's your take on the next-generation DVD format wars?
Blu-ray all the way (tell us why)
HD-DVD, that's for me! (tell us why)
Too early to tell; I'm waiting it out (tell us why)
Not interested (why not?)
What the heck are you talking about?

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