There has been plenty of discussion, debate, arm-waving, confusion, and FUD thrown around since the HD-DVD/Blu-ray format war really got going less than two years ago, so much so that I rarely give much of it a second glance these days. This blog post by Fred Manteghian caught my attention moreso than most, though (and only partially for the well-used Monty Python reference). It touches on the principle reason that I haven't felt compelled to seriously shop for a Blu-ray player yet (even though I think the format still has the potential to win the format war, assuming the wayr ever has a winner): lack of hardware support for all of the planned format features. I'd really like to start seeing profile 2.0 (or at least profile 1.1) players crop up before I spend money on a Blu-ray player. Fred also puts what I think is a pretty realistic spin on the most recent group to "pick the winner" (specifically the Home Theater Specialists of America's choice of Blu-ray).