I WIN! okay, Sony wins but I don't lose

Is it too soon to cheer? I hope my excitement is not met with a cosmic joke and HD-DVD's somehow rise from their proverbial grave but I was excited to hear this news about Toshiba giving up the HD-DVD battle. Most analysts say that it would be about a year and a half before the transition would be complete so we're looking at 18 months past March. Let's just hope that some other company doesn't decide to buy all the production equipment to keep HD-DVDs a afloat.

As for those that invested in HD-DVDs, no disrespect or making light of your loss. I mean you still have players and a bunch of movies that you, no doubt, will certainly get your monies worth, right?

Of course this positions the PS3 to gain more consumer value, again being a gaming console and inexpensive Blu-ray player. I am definately going to start looking at Blu-ray Burners and HD recorders in the next year now that I am more comfortable with the direction of the HD market. I have really liked Blu-ray and am pleased with how Sony has been handling it this time around. I don't know that I will replace everything but I am certainly looking forward to the Blu-ray Lord of the Rings and Matrix series.

Today sure is a Blu-ribbon day for this happy consumer.