Once a single is format is established you will see a how the market makes the slow but certain transition between one format to the next. As HDTV prices drop and having a LCD display becomes the norm in many households more people will begin adopting the new technology. And don't forget computer users, never forget High Definition is not only about "movie players" is also about storage capacity for PC/Mac users. A single format will also mean the winner will take flight for computer users, and you will begin to see PCs coming with standard hi-def roms and certainly later hi def burners. DVD dual layer media is still selling at ridiculous high prices but that will change, once hi-def blank media starts to gain popularity and burners drop below the $400 price range. There's a lot of Hi Def content you can enjoy on LCD monitors besides blu-ray/hd-dvd movies, many already own hi def video cams and you can also burn a lot more in 25GB/50GB of all those hi def ripped movies you can get around there....not to mention your own hi def content, video, pictures, etc. More space is always welcome, and let's face it, 4.37 GB in a single layer DVD SUCKS, and I wonder who buys dual layer discs at such prices (over $2 per disc). I'm tired of having to split my videos over so many discs and I'm sure A LOT of people think the same, and I'm not even burning anything close to hi def yet!

The transition will come, sooner than later this time. Because if something is true is this : Technology never stops.

BD will eventually become the standard, simply because manufacturers and retailers will gradually phase out DVD. In several years, when Blu-Ray players cost just dollars more to make than a DVD player, why waste the effort also making DVD players? They could just charge $10-20 more for the players, covering the extra costs, and whenever anybody went to get a new player, they'd basically be buying a DVD player that happens to play Blu-Ray. This will cause Blu-Ray to steadily gain marketshare, and once it reaches around 80% percent, DVD will stop being made altogether.

This is one advantage that DVD didn't have when trying to dethrone VHS: backwards compatibility.

 Wow!  Just....wow...  If that kind of a sales split continues, there's NO WAY Paramount and Universal stay HD-DVD exclusive.  Still, I'm disappointed that we aren't seeing the actual unit sales numbers when these ratio splits come out.  I want to see if this week was normal, higher than normal or less than normal when it came to overall unit sales.  Are the BD numbers the same or slightly growing and HD-DVD had a huge dropoff indicating consumers abandoning the format?  Or did HD-DVD sell just as normal and BD sold way more than usual?  Or was it the same sales total for both overall that is the norm with BD just getting the higher percentage.  Any links showing the actual unit sales?

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/showthread.php?t=38289

whoa, look at the latest graph on that site. 92.53% to 7.47% in favor of bluray...
and they aren't even including PS3 and 360 add-ons.
Any info on the result from Toshiba's recent HD-DVD player firesale?

Expect HD-DVD to bleed even more as the weeks go on.

You call that "bleeding"? it's more like HD-DVD is losing it's limbs every week. If it's already 92.5% > 7.5% for standalones, imagine what the percentage is IF they added PS3 numbers. Anyways, I was went to circuit city today to look around for HDTVs (i'm thinking about getting a 75inch mitsubishi DLP) and every HDTV with a stand had a standalone bluray player underneath for showcase. No HDDVD players were seen, did circuit city already go BluRay exclusive a while ago?

Not much of impact yet but went into Zavvi.co.uk (formerly Virgin Megastores) and their Blu-ray section has jumped is a 3rd size bigger then the HDDVD. Just before Christmas they were about even.

Good for Sony. Do you guys remember how many people were dogging on Sony cause they included Blu Ray in the PS3 back in 2006? It looks like they came out on top with both a superior system and media format.

I wonder, how long till hd-dvd dies, or it won`t just die at all, just will be some people choice.. =)

Benchmark of 1000 posts in this thread reached with this very post! I believe this is the 3rd thread to make it to that benchmark! ^^.