Now you guys have me all worried about which devices to invest in in the ever nearing future, blu-ray or HDDVD. Maybe all will be forgotten if someone come out with a blu-ray and HDDVD combo (like a VCR & DVD)

The Sony Playstation 3 is going to utilize Blu-ray if I recall. The last I heard there had been some 60 million PS2's sold in the US, If I recall correctly that is. So if the PS3 sells as well as its predessecor(sp?) Blu-ray will have a giant lead on HD-DVD market, even more so if they can get MGM. Now I am less worried about all of this, since I will be getting a PS3 anyway. Any thoughts or things I may be overlooking?

I think you're right. I believe I heard too that Sony would "eventually" have their PS3 "Blue-ray" readable. However, seeing as how the first Blue-ray "players" aren't going to come out until late 2005, possibly early 2006, I doubt you'll see a "PS3" with Blue-ray technology until the stand alone players have their own foothold. By that logic, you may not see a PS3 with Blue-ray until 2007, maybe late 2008, depending upon how fast or (if) Sony's Blue-ray get's a foothold in the market. Keep in mind, all the while "HDDVD" is selling players. You have to remember, we don't even know if Blue-ray will be backwards compatible and be able to read your current red laser DVD's! Now that I think about it, I really don't think it matters all that much HOW many movie titles Sony holds, if their player will only play "Blue-ray" movies, and their competitor (HDDVD) plays both HDDVD's AND old red laser DVD's. No one's going to want to spend an "arm and a leg" on a new piece of technology that only plays the new stuff, when there's an alternative that plays both. Not to mention the reasons I stated earlier. HDDVD will have a full year to sell HDDVD players to people, and market their technology. A year later is when Sony's will come bobbing along, and looking (to the buying public) like "copycats".

This could go either way no matter how you slice it. I don't think HDDVD will be stupid in their advertiseing however. They're fully aware of how much of a jump they'll have on "Blue-ray" and I expect they'll take advantage of that to get into the homes of as many people as possible before Blue-ray comes out. We won't have any idea which way this fight will go until Blue-ray hits the market, and we see how the buyers respond.

- Josh ;)