there's been some good news on the blu-ray front though... Sony has announced that the movies from Sony themselves will NOT have the restriction flag set that will downgrade the video if they are played on a non-HDCP capable HDTV. Which means that older HDTV's will play them at full resolution. Now if the other media makers follow suit, I'll be first in line for a blu-ray player.
What that tells you is that they're getting desperate, and will try anything to win in the upcoming format-wars.
I'm sure they'll rescind on that immediately if they 'win' over HD-DVD.