I agree with Ians points. Maybe some year we can arrange a Hitchhikers meeting at at CES or CEDIA or other show.

As a slight aside, I can clearly see the differences, but I am not going to support another format that goes no where- and I submit to you all again that the format war is only 30% or so to blame for the problems. Would DVD-A have succeeded if it had the full music catalog and no format war? I think no. I think people are happy with what they have and are not wanting to buy the music again. And in the case of music, many people actually didnt bother to rip CDs they own (hard as it is for we here to believe it) and they instead bought the music again from itunes. Now why would they buy it a third time. We are at the dawn of the itunes movie service and people will probably support that more than these new disc formats as they produce a real consumer benefit. And wouldn't it be sad if the format is not HD, which is most certainly will not be at first, and its entirely possible that it will not even be up to DVD quality... does anyone know how which format they are using now? H.264 is it DVD resolution?

best regards,
Jerry

Best regards,
Jerry
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