HD-DVD, SACD, DVD-Audio, I own them all. I own lots of the media, over 100 sacd's and DVD-Audios, and I am now acquiring a nice collection of cheap HD-DVD's(40 and counting).

While it is disappointing that these technologies did not catch on in the mainstream, I blame Sony for this by the way, I still enjoy using them. The original 7 Moody Blues albums, or Dark Side of the Moon in SACD are mind blowing music listening experiences. The DOORS and Talking Heads albums in DVD-Audio are equally incredible. The fact that very few people get to experience it is no reason for me not to continue to enjoy it.

I feel the same about HD-DVD. My $100 player did not stop working when Blu-Ray was declared the winner. The movies I own still look as great as they did when I bought them. I am loving the fact that I can now buy the remaining discs I want for 10- 15 bucks. It is also a great upconverting player.

I do not see Blu-Ray overtaking SD dvd's in the near future. While those of us that have bought in the HD experience love these technologies, there are still lots of people with vcr's flashing 12:00.

True...except that:

a) if any of your machines break, it will be increasingly difficult to repair or replace them.

b) will be increasingly difficult to interface with new tech...i.e. at some point new TV's just won't have the right connections to even hook up a VCR

c) have to continually install and un-install to watch various formats...i.e your tv can't be hooked up to a blu-ray, hd, vcr etc.. all at the same time

d) I am sure I am forgetting something.

you can certainly enjoy all of your formats, but it just means more wires, plugs and the certainty that, at some point, when the system breaks, all that media is unsuable :(