Work machine (Local and Airline), Remote Control, Web Browsing (Engadget), and some light gaming

The mistake you and many HD DVD supporters make is overlook the PS3. What you dont realize is that Fox, Warner, Disney and all these Studios don't care one bit if cheaper players don't translate to movies sold.

Sony handicapped it's video game business buy including a Blu-ray drive. But by so doing, it created a large installed base of Blu-ray players. You can argue that there are are more HD DVD players than Blu-ray, what you don't acknowledge is the 8 plus million PS3's out there. The attach rates for Blu-ray, considering the large nomber of PS3's may not be impressive, but Warner does not care how many movies are sold per HD DVD player if the total, week after week, and month after month shows Blu-ray leading.

All this talk of this being anti consumer is just pure crap. Sony lost a few format wars in the past, and learned it's lesson not to go it alone. If anything at all, Toshiba is the Betamax of this era. One manufacturer, few exclusive studios and a lower capacity. This war was Blu-ray's to lose from the get go, and anyone who thinks otherwise, has no business being a technology fan or enthusiast.

This is a format war, meaning that one side wins, and one side looses. It is understandable to feel passionate about the format you prefer or even invested in. If you were concerned about that, you shouldn't have invested in one untill the war ended. But to come on here and give your opinion as to why it should have gone the other war is just sheer lunacy.

People like you, Truth Teller and Nfinity (who I think work for engadget, and are here to push people's buttons. More eyes on the pages of engadget and engadgethd, more advertising dollars. Think about it, you have to be a lunatic to say some of the things they say) seem to overlook all the facts. You make foolish arguements, citing non-facts like amazon's sales ranking, like amazon is conclusuve and is a reflection of the entire retail enviroment. What is the percentage of people who shop in B&M stores versus online?

All HD DVD fans kept on saying that the neilson numbers were inconclusive, because they didn't include walmart. Then what do we see, Walmart goes Blu-ray. Maybe Sony paid them off too. I don't think anyone of us on these boards can claim to know what went on behind the closed boardroom doors. what we know is that HD DVD is on it's way out. True fans of HD DVD should urge Toshiba to end this, so that the market place can adopt one format, not drag this on. Because a true fan would be a fan of High Definition, not HD DVD. If you don't work for Sony, Toshiba or any of these companies, you have no business getting hysterical. it's a war and your side lost!

GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!

WTF are you talking about? Every Blu-Ray Player plays SD-DVD. Get your facts right before you comment.