The New York Times ran an interesting piece earlier this week arguing that if the backers of Blu-ray and HD-DVD can't agree on a single format, next-gen DVD adoption could be severly compromised in favor of technology such as Video On Demand (VOD).
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/technology/26format.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print
The Times is right -- like every silly technology format war, this has much more to do with engineering egos than what is best for the people who will actually use it. Nobody is going to pay $1,000 for a new DVD player that only supports one format and doesn't have many titles that people can actually watch on it. If this format issue isn't straightened out soon and the next generation of DVDs are poorly adopted, a lot of people at these various technology companies may well be looking for work.
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