The battle over Blu-ray vs. HD DVD is similar. Sony and some movie studios backed Blu-ray. Microsoft and some other movie studios backed HD DVD. For consumers, this is a horrible situation since, depending on the movie studio, some movies will only be available in Blu-ray and some will only be available in HD DVD.
But this weekend, Warner Brothers announced that they are ditching HD DVD for the Blu-ray format. Shortly thereafter, Paramount announced it was defecting to Blu-ray also. And Apple has announced that it will be including Blu-ray drives in the new MacBooks, Mac Pros, and iMacs.
So, finally, I will soon be able to watch the Matrix movies in Blu-ray!!!