HDBeat, a voice we respect in all things high-def and next-gen TV, discusses and links to a list of top ten reasons you NEED to be an early adopter of an HD movie format. The argument basically boils down to: you need to “vote” on one format (HD DVD or Blu-ray) with your checkbook and “take one for the team” in terms of early adoption problems and pricing, ’cause if you don’t, one format will never shake out and prices won’t come down (and movie libraries will stay small). Personally, I’m with this guy (from the HD Beat item’s Comments):
“?#$% the studios and the manufacturers. If they lose money because they were too narrow minded and greedy to make a smart decision, I’m not going to lose sleep over it. The studios should have forced a single format in the first place. Now everyone has to muddle through years of competing formats and partial library releases on different formats. I love HD and gadgets as much as the next guy but I’m not going to spend a dime until something big happens.”