So long HD DVD

As an editor, the emergence of a new format, or rather solidification of a new format should be big news. But in terms of blue ray vs hd-dvd my thoughts are simple: I don't care. Both are good formats, blue ray is a little bit better and a little more expensive. I had predicted that HD-DVD would win, because the clues from the last format war told me that it would. In beta-max vs. VHS, the cheaper, worse format won. The next clue came when porno chose HD-DVD (though they later switched to blue-ray). I was pretty convinced that blue ray was going to go the way of beta-max. But I was wrong, and again, I don't really care.

The importance of this event isn't which format was chosen, it's that a format was chosen. This means DVDs are going to start dropping in price and EVERYONE is going to start putting stuff out on blue ray. It's been about a week since Toshiba's announcement and I've already seen questions about blue ray burners and authoring on indie film boards.

I'm not ready to jump on the blue ray train just yet, and it worries me that so many people are. Hell, 90% of people over 60 are still stuck on VHS.