This is interesting stuff. After looking at the Blu-Ray and DVD sites, it does seem to be shaping up into another format war on the video side. I thought Blu-Ray was synonomous with HDDVD but it turns out HDDVD is a competing format from the dvd camp.The support of the computer industry will be critical and IBM is on the DVD side and Apple just signed on with Blu-Ray, though Blu-Ray also has HP and Dell and has greater storage capacity than HDDVD. Both sides have an impressive list of backers so it's going to take time to resolve. However, since they both use blue laser, I'm guessing that the difference will be in the disc rather than the player?
Blu-Ray and HD DVD
I want to upgrade my dvd player and there are a lot of nice choices out there right now. However, I'm concerned that whatever I buy now will be obsolete in a few months when blu ray (HD DVD?) hits the market. Am I missing something or is now the time to wait instead of plunking down serious cash on a player that isn't HD compatible? Also, am I mistaken in thinking that blu-ray = HD DVD?