What I can't understand is the lack of vision on the part of the CE companies. I don't think there's ever been a technology launch for the HT market that gave so little reason for early adoption as the HD formats do. If you look at the proposed specs for either format, there's a lot of WOW factor there - but it's way too dependent on vaporware.

I am looking forward to these formats and I think they'll be a great move forward, but there are too many balls still in the air, and it annoys me that they are rushing these things to market, because it's only the consumer that loses in this situation.