I really can't say I'm suprised by the outcome and quit frankly I don't really care. I think we need to let the standard DVD market flourish for anthor ten years anyways but clearly thats not an option here. Sony Fanboys are estatic (a little to estectic). I don't have an HDTV (yet) so I could really careless. The Technology is still too exspensive. Yes I'm aware of the higher capicty that blu-ray discs have but slow down here not everyone is ready for the switch. I will give sony credit for playing the right cards.