That said, the lack of adoption despite dropping prices makes me wonder if the format war was never between BluRay and HD DVD in the first place, but rather, between standard DVD and Hi-def DVDs. I have a $99 up-convert DVD player with HDMI out. It’s not Hi-def quality, but it’s pretty damn good. For those of us who are old enough to remember the VHS vs. Beta format war, the Beta tapes were clearly higher quality (I had one friend with a Beta player), but VHS was clearly “good enough” and I wonder if that’s the case here.

And with the economic challenges we’re facing, I’ll save that extra money I would have paid for a BluRay disc, and get some music or shows from iTunes, or rent an extra HD movie or two from Comcast.