When I first heard about Blu-ray and HD DVD at the tail end of 2005, my gut reaction was that both formats would flop within a couple years. I imagined that no one would be so easily persuaded to start passing the torch from DVD.
Instead, the two formats have gained name recognition and healthy amounts of shelf space from every big box retailer. I guess I underestimated the explosion of the popularity in and obsession with high definition. Anyway, it has turned into a full-on, fists-out guerilla war, and it's enough to make even the strongest tech heads a little dizzy.
Opinion: Blu-ray not even close to winning format war