Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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The MPAA always seemed to favor Blu-Ray over HD-DVD (more studios signed up originally), so perhaps they originally thought that HD-DVD would be the quick loser and there was no reason to do region codes for the format. Sony stating that they cannot meet Blu-ray demand and then with that one Sony bigwig commenting on the possibility of hybrid players recently, perhaps their perceptions have changed? I still think both formats will survive this, and hybrid players will be the glue. To the consumer, all they will care about is if the content is HD, red or blue stripe on the box, and nothing else. No one will care or ask if the HD movie they just purchased is a single, dual, or triple layer HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, so long as they can watch it in that high-def-capable DVD player. Just as no one asks if that DVD they just rented or bought is a single layer or dual layer. They just want it to work. Consumers stand to win as both formats will be competing and under-cutting each other so movies studios will choose to use their format over the other. Players may cost slightly more because of the royalities paid to both camps initially (my guess is that the cost will be a nominal amount) and the movies themselves will cost less because of the format competition.