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That is true. NTSC was created a long time ago and has never changed at all in the last 50 odd years. So Hi Def is the revolutionary technology, but HD-DVD is not, and ther inlies the problem.

And now that I think about it, I think the worst problem it will have is if the J6Ps out there get confused start buying the new discs and they won't work in their normal dvd player, and don't even start to tell me that won't happen.

Good point Glenn. I will never buy into something if there is a war going on about which format to use. I was too young to be around when beta was present. In fact the only memory I have of the format was at a friends birthday party and his parents rented a beta player and a few movies and I...

Mark C, I agree with you as well. If the price is good, and I was to have a HD set fully capable of taking advantage of HDDVDs and I could still play ALL of my previous dvds, then I would buy into it too, but it would still come down to the price of the actual HDDVD disc themselves as well.

Great thought. That exactly what happened with DVD. They came out and most of us ht enthusiasts took to it like a fat guy on a pizza. That started the craze. The when more of us got into it, and video stores started stocking more and more, the general public took notice and said "holy crap" dvds...

Now I whole heartedly agree. I do believe most of our entertainment will be computer based in the future. I've got planns in the back of my head about a future computer running my ht (which I don't have now). Having a dvd player, pvr, music storage, and a gaming center. The big issue though...

I bought my first dvd in '97, and there are still so many dvds that either have to be made in the first place, or that have to be remade because the first one stunk. And it will probably be more expensive for a small studio, like Anchor Bay, to buy the time or equipment to remake the movies...

Wrong. One, most consumers think that dvd itself is meant for HDTV, so there is one downfall. Two, HD-DVD players will definitely not be $300 dollars or less, that is a dream. and Three, most consumers will be angry rather than happy when they are told that they have to replace their movies...

I think what posters are saying is that yes it will be a niche market and therefor the people who want ot be a part of that niche, will do so and the rest (the majority of the general public) will stay with DVD.

But that doesn't mean that the other billion people that just got a dvd player or use there PS2 or Xbox as dvd players are gonna run out and buy one. Like I said 1 - 5% in 5 years.

I think HD DVD will be to DVD like Laserdisc was to VHS. The people who can afford it, will want to have it the day it comes out and will feel high and mighty about it. The rest of us will be more than happy to keep collecting wonderful dvds and continue do so because it has not even come...