You make some excellent points, and I think you accurately describe what is going through most people's minds when they think of "DVD vs HD-DVD".

But I'll just reitterate that it's *NOT* a LD vs DVD format war. Imagine if when you bought your DVD player you suddenly had the ability to play all your laserdiscs on it, watch them in progressive-scan (*REAL* progressive-scan), and even get an added 33% vertical resolution on many of the widescreen titles.

Would people have been so quick to dismiss their LD libraries? Doubtfully.

Well that's what you'll get when you get your HD-DVD player with your current DVD library. You'll get a DVD player that makes your current DVD collection look better than you ever dreamed possible...on your HDTV. Sure, native HD-DVD discs will look even better, and I'm sure I'll purchase some titles over again. But while Disney debates the viability of a new format that threatens piracy yet again, I'll be watching my (hopefully some of them 16x9 by then) Disney SD-DVD's in near-HDTV quality.

For those who bought, and continue to buy, expensive 480I-limited SD-DVD players, it's their own darn fault. There's been no secret that DVD has progressive-scan potential, and there's been no secret that eventually we'll get HD-DVD players that can outperform even 480P with current DVD software.

-dave