While I understand how high the stakes are for each competing format, with all the delays and confusion it seems to me that everyone is a loser. [...] Now, I'm about as big a gadget freak as anyone, but I'm not stupid. When the time arrives that I can actually go down to Blockbuster and rent a high-definition DVD, I will almost certainly buy not only a new DVD player, but that 70-inch rear projection HDTV monitor also. But with prices continually dropping, better technology [coming] with time, and nothing for me to watch on it in HDTV format anyway, what's the rush to replace what is working fine right now?
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