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So Blu-Ray is the Winner! HD-DVD is the Looser! So says everybody right now. Me? Don't really care either way. Why? You'd think I'd be upset, buying a HD-DVD player (the XBOX 360 add-on) and now having a large stack of 11 HD-DVD. But I'm not, and I'll tell you why.

Going into this format war, I only had one goal. Bleed'em dry. Both of them if I could. It just turned out that HD-DVD was the more cost effective solution.

I always marvel at the fanboyish camps, hurling insults at each other about which is better, which is winning, like anybody gives a crap. I'm in the "I hate both formats" camp. Why? Because there never should have been two formats. But nooooooo. Both sides were so bloody greedy, they had to make a format of their own! That turned out to be the basically same thing. So my goal was to see how much money they were willing to loose on me, and essentially, try to bankrupt them.

Now while I've have 11 HD-DVD's, I've only payed for 3. Yes. 3. That's 8 for free. Combine that with the ability for the 360 drive to connect to my computer means, say it with me boys and girls, format free. If HD-DVD goes the way of the Betamax, a simple rip to the hard drive, little compression here and presto. High quality movies not saddled to any disk, drive or format. So when/if the HD-DVD goes down in flames, watch for me, picking up the pieces at low, low prices.

Suckers.

I left home for the first time to go to university.

Strange. That didn't feel like a decade...

She's moving away already? Say it isn't so!

Well, I gave Ayafor a chance to give this to Elham to ok this, but I guess he doesn't check his e-mail.... like ever!

Hopefully this will be an ongoing post set that just has me randomly musing about stuff that occasionally pops into my head. Just don't expect it to make sense to anyone other than me.

So I really want to get into the next gen DVD format. Really I do. I've been leaning towards HD-DVD, pretty much only because I can get a HD-DVD drive for my 360 (Xbox) that costs 2/3rds less than a standalone player. And with the whole Paramount throwing its had in the ring for HD-DVD, you'd think it be a shoe in. Right?

Actually no.

I can only see this ending in tears. I see a never ending format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, with studios jumping ship every year or two, thinking the other format is now superior. Which will require me to buy yet another (really expensive) player that will play both formats. Cause I don't think that Sony is going to allow any Bond movie (or possibly a future movie I'd really like to see, available only from Sony) on HD-DVD.

Even worse, now I don't want to buy any new DVD's, mostly for the fact that in a year, I'm buying the movie again on a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD disk. Ack!
Hot Fuzz and 300. Would have bought them weeks ago. Except there available in glorious HD.

Sigh.

Which is short for Manitoba Audio Recording Industry Association. Or not.

So I finally added pictures to peoples numbers in my new cellphone. Only took 2 1/2 months. Wee bit behind the curve. Guess I got to start making new picts. And posting more. Maybe.