Perhaps they have taken a cue to the disappointing sales of SACD and DVD Audio. That format war may have been a contributing factor to consumer indifference and disinterest in either format.

I think consumers are pretty tired of having to replace their collections every few years and we need to know something will be here for a while if we are going to spend our hard earned dough on it. I was prepared to ignore HDDVD for a while until a winner prevailed but now I may take a quicker look at it if they unite formats.