More news on the HD-DVD front is the DVD forum has approved HD-DVD spec 1.0. Priviously HD-DVD 0.9 was just the disc specs. Then they approved the MPEG-4, VC-9 codec as provisional. With this new approval they have been combined and now HD-DVD players will have to mandatory include MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and VC-9 in all HD-DVD players. What does this mean? It means that HD-DVD is now a finalized video standard and we will now start the race to get HD-DVD out on the market. They should be availble in America in late 2005.