i agree the HD DVD does have a more widely accepted name. but this is assuming that the average consumer does absolutly no research on a High Definition setup when purchasing and therefore is not told about Blu Ray.

anyone planning to upgrading to HD is going to talk to sales associates and sooner or later will come into the Blu Ray name. it seems that many people here think that if someone is going to go high definition all they have to do is buy an HD DVD player and they're there. and if anyone has talked to sales associates or is one, we all know that we don't let customers leave without selling them more than they came for.

and Sony is putting a lot of risk into a decision like this, that much is true. however i dont think a company such as Sony hasnt already done the math on a matter such as this. companies never just walk blindly into a decision that may cost them billions of dollars.

i suggest we all give Sony the benefit of the doubt before making assumptions. if they end up failing, then its obvious they deserve it for not looking into what their consumers actually want. but if they do end up succeeding i dont see why there is any reason to hate on them?

after all they did ship their 1 million consoles like they said they would by the end of decemeber. this is almost twice the amount that xbox360 had shipped by the end of 2005. and i never recall people badmouthing Microsoft this much.

for some reason it just seems to be "cool" these days to hate Sony.
i dunno why.