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Well I was there too.

Its easy for electronic house to be gosh oh golly nice now, after being an innapproriately unabashed non-objective Blu ray supporter from day one.

I agree Cindy, canceling the press conference was the wrong thing to do as it sent the wrong message in too many ways to list.

I have both players. I prefer watching HD DVD. What I don’t care for is the “Blu-Ray won and everyone who didn’t pick blu were wrong.” mentality.

Guess what? I’m actually winning right now because I’m enjoying my HD DVD titles while those that took one side or the other are missing out on titles, content or both.

Sorry but this is ridicules: “I am too close to the subject to know if I would have put down the money for both if I didn’t need to do so. Given that I pay monthly for three HD-DVRs, I probably would have.”

You say let the consumer choose and this is what you say?  That’s what you call choosing? This article lost its merit.

All I am doing is admitting that I am NOT the average consumer. How could I be, I write about this stuff. But even before I got into this industry, I liked to buy technology as soon as I could afford it and probably before the majority of consumers. I wouldn’t put down a thousand dollars each for two different formats—but under $500— then I bet I would have caved. BECAUSE I am in the industry, I have to be familiar with both. This is not a bad thing. And just for the record—I pay for all of the gear I own.

Cindy

This site has always been pro hd dvd, let it go, its over, all HD DVD is doing now is preventing casual consumers from making the leap from dvd to high definition movies.

Cindy, are you really an editor-in-chief?  It’s certainly hard to tell from this story.

for a laugh look at whitestar15’s comment and then Ryan’s. Hilarious.

What is this?  A journalist willing to question the “status quo”?

Yes - bloggers, trolls & even other writers LOVE to pronounce the death of something…anything..so much so, that it has become habitual.

I still remember reading the article(s) that said you can’t broadcast HDTV, or you can’t get video from a PC, or you can’t display a true color image on a computer monitor.

Cindy, keep up the good work.

Don

I agree the HD DVD group has done a poor job marketing their product but I will continue to buy HD DVD’s and enjoy them for years to come.

Wrong, this format war has nothing to do with the consumer choosing anything. The average consumer only cares about content. That is the whole point, very soon there will not be a format choice for the consumer wishing to buy the latest WB release in HD.