Sony may have finally won

Back, back, back, back, when I was probably 5 years old, there was a war between Sony's Betacam tape and the VHS tape to play movies on. Despite the better quality, and despite being chosen by media companies for it's superior quality, Sony and their Betacam lost that war.

Since then Sony has been ruing the day that happened and they've plotted their revenge. For a few year there's been a battle between new dvd's; HD-DVD or Sony's Blu-Ray DVD. It appears that after Netflix announced today that they are stopping their HD-DVD service and moving onto the Blu-Ray discs, that Sony may finally have tipped the balance and will win this war.

It's not looking good for HD-DVD's. It appears that Sony's Blu-Ray format will hold out to be the winner this time. Which makes sense, because from what I remember the Blu-Rays were slightly better.

I've held out buying a player or any dvd's of this higher quality for this reason, the war has been a waging. It will probably be a few years before the prices come down though for me to buy. $30 for a dvd?...I think not. I won't even spend $15 anymore.