CNet: HD Format "War" A Joke

From Cnet:

Many column inches and much screen space have been filled with discussions of a "war" between two rival next-generation DVD formats. But more than 18 months after the launch of both formats, the question remains, should the average consumer care?
But the bickering and public posturing over the last year looks patently ridiculous when one considers how few discs and players these industry giants are actually arguing over.

This article brings out what I've been saying about low-cost upconverting DVD players being the primary competition for these new competing formats. When you can go into Wal-Mart and buy a $44 Philips DVD player that upconverts to HD (which many people are hard-pressed to tell any difference from real HD) paying hundreds of dollars for a new format which may not become the standard and may be incompatible with future versions of the same format seems ridiculous.

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