Toshiba's HD-DVD recorder

Yeah, we were stoked to see that Toshiba was showing off their new HD-DVD recorder today, but we were the opposite of stoked when we read that the first HD-DVD players wouldn't come out until 2005. Consumers in Japan eager to record next month's high-defintion broadcasts of the Olympics are already snatching up the first couple of Blu-ray disc recorders that have come out from Panasonic and Sony. Sure, Toshiba may have gotten
a shot in the arm from Microsoft today, but right now HD-DVD is way late to the game and they're going to have rely on something other than HD-DVD's supposed technological advantages if they expect it to enjoy anything close to widespread adoption.