Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: Format war!

There's a war going on! Sony executives say the war has
started between their Blu-ray disc format for high
definition content and rival HD DVD.
Sony has sold an estimated 100,000 stand-alone
Blu-ray disc players so far. This does not include
the multiple thousands of Play Station 3 consoles
that include a Blu-ray drive.

The rival HD DVD format is alive though fewer
movie studios are backing the HD DVD format.
The machines are far more affordable than the
Blu-ray players.

Amazon.com lists the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD
player for $250. Sony's most affordable Blu-ray
player, the BDP-S300, cost twice as much.

"The player that combines both formats is just
too expensive," says Randy Waynick. (Mr. Waynick
is senior VP of marketing at Sony's home products
division.) "One or the other will win this format war."

source: www.wikipedia.com