Looks like anyone making that tough decision as to which next generation films they need to watch better keep an eye on the porno industry, even if they don’t like to perform the five knuckle shuffle. Since a large percentage of all DVDs and Videos were XXXX rated this means that what the industry chooses as their format generally rules and as Sony have banned porn on their blu ray disk format, just like they did with betamax the future looks distinctly HD-DVD.
To most of the world this makes no difference, since most of the world generally cannot see the difference between DVD and HD anyway but in a couple of years HD-DVD players will be the one in control so save your £400 on the latest gizmo now as it could be money badly spent. Get an iPhone instead that will work just as badly in the UK as any Blue ray drive you may purchase.