[Sonnie]

Well hello Jim... glad to see ya at the Shack finally!

Throw this in the loop... D-VHS didn't require you buy a new TV. HD DVD's will. So on top of and lot more expensive piece of equipment, in comparison to the difference in cost between the VHS and D-VHS, and the fact a HDTV is required... it's gonna be a challenge to get the general public to make the switch.

I consider my dad in that general public... he says, "HD who? What's the guys name?" lol Granted he sees a better pic when he visits and watches that BAMA game in HD on the 65" widescreen, but he ain't gonna buy no new TV anytime soon, if ever again, being he's 70 (close to 71).

I got friends (yeah I got friends)... that wouldn't even consider a DVD player until they got to 40-50 bucks. They sho-nuff ain't studying buying a new HDTV. They ooh and ahh over HD, but they hmmm and uggghh over the price to own it.

I see HD DVD's replacing DVD's for the enthusiast only... but the SD DVD will be around for a long time for the general public... IMO. Until we start seeing the $399 35" HDTV at Wal-Mart, (which I don't think has happened yet), and until we start seeing the 50-75 dollar HD DVD player... SD DVD will reign, and I suspect that will be a while, huh?