Originally posted by: boris
Personally, if HD-DVD and Blu-Ray give us hassles, I predict that d-vhs may even over-take the market (and let's not forget how long it's already been out, it has proven reliability). If HD-DVD/Blu-Ray does get regional coding (currently HD-DVD does NOT have it, but apparently they're adapting the format to include it) - and IF they can make it stick (which I doubt) - I for one would much rather buy d-vhs, because at least I know I can import legal copies from anywhere I like, at least I know I can go down to JB HI-FI or other speciality stores and ask them to import foreign releases for me without having to worry about incompatibility. I think D-VHS is dead in the water. I don't think there's any future for tape-based formats- no matter how good the quality is, consumers now view cassette formats as a step back in terms of technology.

Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle

Am I right that Microsoft came out on the HD-DVD side?

Yeah, that's what I hear. That's a major advantage for HD-DVD.

Blu-ray seems to be positioning itself as the "sexier" format, with backers like Apple and Sony.