This is when early adopting can really bite you in the ass. Especially when I know HD-DVD is more versatile format (its even got versatile in the name, how cool is that!!). But if you think about it, it was a lost cause from the get go. Sony and their camp had no option but to win, and they certainly had the means to do so this time around. They banked their whole Playstation franchise on the thought that they could muscle their format to the top with a little help from Sony pictures and of course, Michael Bay and his famous HD conspiracy theory. But Sony's brand of force feeding certainly seemed to work...Though, not to give them too much credit, they are still 1-2 overall (RIP Betamax and MiniDisc). Did I mention I was a proud owner of MiniDisc?? The question I'm asking myself now is why did I buy in to this bullshit in the first place. The so called 'war' was certainly not in my or any other consumers best interest to participate in. Yet we all do it time and time again...maybe its simply our competitive need to choose sides, or the age old "my dick is bigger than yours" that gets us all riled up (mine is btw). But then I think, none of this will really matter anyway. The fatter my Internet pipe gets and the bigger my hard drive's are, the less want or need I will have for a factory stamped disc that collects dust on my bookshelf. Though I still have some affection for those round shiny disc's, so its gonna be a hard habit to kick.

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