I think the capitalism side of things may have a bigger push in this than you would think. Once the price gets low enough all machine offerings will be DVD-HD, (after the format wars of course}. I wass listening to NPR's Market Place a couple of weeks ago discussing this. The feeling on the format wars may not even be played out by the consumer in a way you would think! The Porn industry has a greater impact upon this than you would think. It is a multi-billion dollar industry, and if it goes one direction, as far as formats go, the rest will follow. Here is the link for the program. Jim http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2004/12/21/PM200412215.html