[Professor @ Jun 27th 2006 8:46AM]

@Intrepid You mean that if Engadget does not bash Sony then its "pro Blue-Ray"?

For any reasonable person Sony should be supported in this battle because it did everything right and pro-consumer this time: it did not go along and try to push new format on everyone, instead it works in a team, has built a coalition of major companies (Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung and Apple) and worked hard to bring major studios on board. Sony is not Microsoft, its does not have monopoly in anything, hence it can not simple force others to join Blue-ray. I believe significant concessions were made by Sony to buid Blue-ray camp. Also, the best thing about the Blue Ray is that it has much better promise of having a longer life span, as it can expand theoretically up to 200Gb. That means consumers will not have to switch on yet a new media in a couple of years.

Toshiba on the other hands is greedy and proprietary, not only trying to push already outdated technology, but also not willing to share and build a wider industrial support base. If HDD wins this battle, the main losers will we – customers.