I am going to sit this out a while. Now all the manufacturers will be concentrating on Blu-Ray players, so I'd hope the competition will drive down player prices. Maybe by the end of 2009 will bring mass market prices with most of the teething-pains elliminated in a new(er) format. Of course, it would not surprise me if Toshiba began developing a next-generation format to undermine Sony's Blu-Ray. Buying into emerging technology these days has slightly better odds than a Vegas book.

Anyhow.......off to Wal-mart at lunch to see if there's any HD DVD deals!!