Winner Takes All: Red vs. Blu
The nail is in the coffin for HD-DVD, and the people at Sony are surely ecstatic to finally have a Booyah! in their pocket after the 1980s embarrassment of Betamax. And there's no doubt that Blu-Ray will rock my world and wreak havoc on my finances in the next couple of years.
I'm very much looking forward to it, though I think I have the majority of the movies and TV shows I need on plain old DVD, most of which look great on my bigass HDTV with my under $100 upconverting player.
So my acquisition strategy will be different for these new-fangled discs (once I have a player, or a PS3 if Ben has his way). I'll probably lean more heavily on Netflix, which fits better into my long-term strategy of being less materialistic without giving up my entertainment budget.
I'm not saying that I won't buy any Blu-Ray DVDs, because that would be complete insanity. I claim only partial insanity. There are select movies and shows that I am already looking forward to... remember that little TV show called Heroes? Please allow me to quote a covetous Wayne Campbell:
It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.
All future Pixar films will also come into my home in delicious Blu-Ray HD glory, plus a smattering of other fantastic new titles as the average prices (hopefully) decline.
Amazingly enough, it was less than a year ago when I first posted about this format war. And at that point I was considering one of the dual-format players... I'm glad I waited. The thanks should really go to Ben, who convinced me to be patient until a clear winner was revealed.
Now everyone can move forward and Think Blue in '08! (Aren't thinly-veiled political statements okay in election years?)
