Their diced tomatoes are a little overpriced, too, I think. But hey, you can't make good queso without 'em, so it's worth it.

First, slander is a form of defamation, not a separate harm. Second, slander is specifically for spoken defamation; libel is written defamation. Third, truth is the ultimate defense to any potential defamation, and opinion is almost always effective, too. Describing Sharper Image products as "crap" is definitely an opinion, and most people would agree it's also a truthful statement.

New dorms like that aren't uncommon in Texas, which kinda sucks because my dorm hall was more like a civil defense bunker with painted concrete block walls and industrial-grade carpeting, and that was just 10 years ago. Hell, the one in that picture is even nicer than my current apartment.

But back to U-verse... I've had it for about a month now and absolutely love it. HD quality could use some work, but compared to what I had before (no HD at all), it's great.

Same here.

Hullabaloo!

I almost clicked "E-mail me when some replies to this comment." That probably would've sucked.

But I posted first, so your personal guarantee is invalid.

Sorry, that's the law.

You can almost guarantee that the BOGO's will stop if HD DVD goes under. That will probably be because the BD allies will be able to sell a lot more Blu-rays and thus lower their price to half what it is today, but it might also be just to gouge customers who now have no other options. Whatever the reason, there will be no incentive to continue doing true BOGO's to increase market share once the format war is over and your market share is at or near 100%.

I'm not going to buy a Blu-ray player because it's suddenly the only option if that option is still $300 for a quality brand. My $149 360 HD DVD player still works fine, so I'll continue to enjoy that and existing HD DVD's as I wait until (if) Blu-ray gets below $150 as well, which has been my original plan all along. This is something the Blu-ray fanboys have never understood... although HD DVD might not win the format war, it's still a functional product that's mostly identical to Blu-ray in terms of capability; my start-up cost to enjoy this technology was only $150, while Blu-ray's start-up cost remains $300+. If Blu-ray wins, I stick with HD DVD until Blu-ray players are $150 and then I get one of those, for a total cost of $300. If Blu-ray loses and I had started with Blu-ray, I would be out $300 PLUS the cost of an HD DVD player. Movie cost is irrelevant since I only rent from Netflix.

For me at least, this war never had anything to do with which format was technically "better" (since that was essentially a draw) and everything to do with which format would cost me the least in the long run.

@ HedonismBot (great name)

You said, "but to say that Microsoft and Toshiba don't have deep pockets is a bit of a stretch. Microsoft's market-cap is almost 325 billion dollars." That's true, but MS and Toshiba haven't actually used their deep pockets from what I've seen, at least not in any definitive way. If you've got a nuclear option can't or won't use it, you basically don't have a nuclear option.

As for Sony buying off Warner, I admit I don't have a source at the moment, but A) it seems like I'd read it somewhere over the weekend and B) it's kind of obvious anyway. People made a big deal about HD DVD being cheaper to produce, an edge it quickly loses when the Blu Ray alliance is subsidizing Blu Ray production by writing checks to the studios so they can cement their market position.

That's what I'd do if I was Blu Ray, anyway. And I'd do the same thing as Warner if they came calling to me and HD DVD couldn't match their offer. Pretty simple, I think.