As of today we are declaring the HD disk format war as over. Best Buy and Netflix are now backing Blu-ray. This brings the number of big companies that remain exclusive to HD DVD or remain uncommitted to a format down to a handful.
If you are debating over whether to go Blu-ray or HD DVD, there are two schools of thought. You can buy a Blu-ray and prepare for the future or you can buy an HD DVD and buy all of the cheap movies on clearance in a year or so when the format goes obsolete.
Microsoft and Toshiba were the biggest backers of HD DVD, but even Microsoft has said that they will follow the public demand.
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[1] http://www.helpmerick.com/zonbu_coming_grand_junction.htm
[2] http://www.helpmerick.com/7_great_places_start_learning.htm