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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck 
On the other hand, the BluRay/HD DVD battle is in its infancy right now, and it remains to be seen which format becomes the dominant one. It's a coin toss for consumers, because neither patform offers any real benefit over the other - in fact, the only reason we're dealing with two competiting formats is because Sony and Toshiba couldn't strike a deal.
So either its great, or it's worthless. If HD DVD wins the format war then it makes the inclusion of the BluRay drive all that more awkward.
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The Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD war might also end like the DVD-/DVD+ battle. That means hybrid discs that can be played in both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players. Here's the first hybrid player by LG:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/l...-player-1-199/
The "hybrid compromise" would be quite complicated but it's still better than ending up to situation where the losing side of the war would have to take huge financial losses.