"Blu-ray will and should win"

Er, why? Because Sony "deserves" to finally have one format out of all its many failed formats succeed? Because then we can go back to the crappy antiquated MPEG2 codec that Bluray's capacity was originally designed for? Because then we can wait until BDA "finishes" the Bluray spec? Because you own a PS3/BD player/stock?

Do you understand the concept of "attach rate?" The 4 million Bluray "players" sold have translated into fewer than two million BD discs sold. OTOH, the 200,000 HD DVD players have sold well over a million discs. You tell me which format is selling more discs per player.

"HD-DVD will be able to hold out even longer before throwing in the towel"

Don't bet on HD DVD being the one to throw in the towel... it clearly has the popular grassroots support. If you just take a moment to read through Sony's creative accounting spin, you'll see it's true.

Well, they say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... perhaps this is Sony's "cut-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face" response to its anticipated failure of Blu-Ray at the hands of Wal*Mart??

Sad, too, as these types of high-tech products are precisely where Sony shines brilliantly... not in the content control business.

You listening, Sony?