High-definition DVD showdown

We were almost starting to enjoy the bickering over which of the two competing high-density disc formats — NEC and Toshiba's HD-DVD or Sony and Pioneer's Blu-ray disc — would end up succeeding today's regular DVDs. Almost. Right now we'd rather they just hurry up and start coming out with high-definition DVDs and high-definition DVD players for us to watch them on. This probably won't settle things once and for all, since both camps are pretty firmly entrenched, but the DVD Forum (which decides these things) is getting ready to pick one format over the other. The smart money says it's gonna be HD-DVD, but either way we're probably going to end up with some inane repeat of the VHS vs. Betamax thing, with some movie studios supporting HD-DVD and others releasing their movies on Blu-ray discs.