Originally posted by: Tiptup
[BluRay and HD-DVD] might end up existing side-by-side for a long time.

I really think this could turn out to be a good thing, as it presents a greater likelihood that we (the consumers) end up with the best product in the long run. For all we know, this might even cause us to end up with the best of both worlds eventually, i.e. the best storage capacity combined with the best codecs. Multi-format players capable of handling CDs and DVDs containing video and audio data in numerous formats are already quite common, so at the moment at least it doesn't seem so unrealistic either.