HD DVD & Blu Ray on Front page?

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060313-6374.html "Disney considering HD DVD support, sees Blu-ray as eventual winner" By Ken Fisher | Published: March 13, 2006 - 06:43PM CT "Now it appears as though a Blu-ray backer may opt for a bit of neutrality as well. During the company's annual meeting with shareholders last week, Disney CEO Robert Iger said that HD DVD support is a real possibility. Saying that "we're very exited about next generation DVD formats," Iger made it clear that Disney has been supporting Blu-ray because they believe it "offers more features and higher quality than the competing format." However, before saying that that company still believes that Blu-ray is going to ultimately prevail, Iger admitted that the company "will probably publish in both formats." That is, Disney will likely release titles in both HD DVD and Blu-ray." News is spin I guess...... "I would actually say the more important part of the first bolded section was "sales of both formats have been disappointing ..." People talk about how well Blu-Ray is doing compared to HD-DVD but don't see the big picture; compare the quote "We sold 130 million DVDs last quarter" and "consumers spent only $200 million in 2006 on movie downloads and HDTV DVDs" and what you realize is that Disney made (roughly) 10 times as much money off of DVD sales in one quarter than the entire industry made off of HD DVD/Blu-Ray moves and downloads combined ..." Really!!! more money off of dvd???? No this cant be.... check your numbers again!! Seriously...... comparing these formats to dvd is silly. The only way these formats should be compared to is the proliferation of HDTV's in the home market. Comparisons can be used to say anything. The sales of Bentley's are horrible. Do you know how many honda's were sold last quarter? Geeze...... someone's gonna have to close up shop really soon if they don't sell more...... PS: Your consumer confusion quote was not from Bob Iger it was the authors opinion.