Finally, an upside to the format war.

As far as I can tell, no one's actually noticed that HD-DVDs (high-definition dvds) and players are now officially for sale. Like most people who follow upcoming tech at all, I have no interest in purchasing either HD-DVDs or Blu-ray dvds until there's a clear winner, or some kind of compatibility agreement is worked out. But there is one upshot to having these stupid 'next-generation' technologies being pushed on consumers: the price of dvds seems to be falling.

Specifically, I was able to pick up Serenity and Apollo 13 (both of which are now out on HD-DVD) last week for about $4-5 less than I'd ever seen them!

-Tim