I've been on the fence for a long time in the current HD disk format war.  Being a huge A/V buff you'd think I would have chosen a format long ago and while I did own the HD-DVD drive for the XBox360 for about a week (and returned it) I haven't really cared.  Why?  Well there just hasn't been much content and I didn't want to pick the losing format.  So why now?

Well a few reasons, namely because I think the war is over (or ending).  While there may be a few more shots fired by the HD-DVD guys (like dropping the hardware to crazy cheap lows) I think ultimately the decision of almost all the major studios to support Bluray sorta seals it.  It doesn't hurt that Bluray can store more data than HD-DVD (50 vs 30GB).  So this weekend I threw in the towel myself and ordered a Bluray drive for my HTPC.  It's supposed to be here tomorrow and as my first shipment of Bluray disks just arrived from Netflix I'm dying to get it installed.

While I was sorta hoping HD-DVD would win given how much I just can't stand Sony these days I'm just happy to see that a winner is finally emerging. Of all my friends that have chosen a HD format (other than Ryan who won a HD-DVD player) they are all Bluray. So I say long live Bluray, HD-DVD it's time to throw in the towel...