Toshiba's going with HD DVD in late 2005 laptops

See? Just when you thought that Blu-ray had already won the war even before the two standards were out and competing with each other in the world, Toshiba hits us with the huge announcement that they'll be including HD DVD in their laptops starting around this time next year (which can be expected to retail between about $1,850 and 2,800). This is no real surprise, given they've already announced a working prototype of their
HD DVD recorder. It's still very early in the game yet to actually declare a winner, but we're already cringing as the big players take sides in the fight between
HD DVD and Blu-ray; either way there's going to be a lot of people stuck with next-gen Betamaxes out there.