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Oh no it's the engadget deathwatch!! How pathetic..
It looks like the HD DVD group does everything to make HD affordable to the masses and they succeed. With much lower player prices and lower disc prices already available. Don't give up on them yet!
Altough Blu-ray is on top ATM, I Wouldn't mind getting this HD DVD player for free. There are still hundreds of HD DVD titles out there.
Would love to see a comeback for HD DVD!
I still have hopes the HD DVD format will live on someway. One of the hidden gems of HD DVD is the ability for homebrew developers to make games and other applications. Because you don't even need to mux stuff to do this or learn complex time costing BDJ code. Programming HD DVD advanced applications is so much faster and easier with HDi (Jscipt+XML+Xpath).
With all those bargains a lot more people will own an HD DVD player. Which should mean more HD DVD movies will be sold. But will that make Warner purple again, I don't think so. Does HD DVD really need Warners support? maybe not..
Now let's see if companies which are not owned by Time Warner will also go Blu exclusive.
Those discs are pretty useless without HD DVD writers on the market. But I hope they will come soon at an affordable price.

You're forgetting that replication costs for HD DVD are much lower. HD DVD doesn't require AACS protection with BD it's mandatory. HD DVD is region free (which is nice for the customer, buy one in Japan, play one in Scotland). HDi is much simpeler then BD-J and less time expensive.

Blu-ray has also many advantages over HD DVD like more disc space and exclusive support from several large movie studios.

Personally I like both formats since they basically do the same thing and quallity is almost the same. Just hope more and cheaper players come out soon.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I am looking for a device that will stream sound from one source to several recipients. For example, I want to stream sound from my TV or stereo to my phone or MP3 player that has radio and Bluetooth capabilities. I have looked into radio transmitters and they seem like a decent choice, but I can't find one that uses external power (USB or from the plug) and I would want one with a transmit range of around 50 meters. Thanks!"

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