Just when we all agreed to disagree about the supposed "format war" allegedly happening right now, we get this news. Even though the new formats won't "take over" for a few more years, this news eradicates that idea and shows us that HD-DVD and Blu-ray are just long-lost twins. You see, Warner Brothers has developed a single disc with the ability to play both Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats -- not a hybrid disc player, but a hybrid disc. It's called the Total HD disc and will be announced formally on Tuesday at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show).Berry Meyer, chairman and chief executive of Warner Brothers had this to say about the two current formats: "The next best thing is to recognize that there will be two formats and to make that not a negative for the consumer. We felt that the most significant constituency for us to satisfy was the consumer first, and the retailer second. The retailer wants to sell hardware and doesn't want to be forced into stocking two formats for everything. This is ideal for them."
This is completely true. What do you guys think? Could this Total HD disc be the new way to go, combining awesome with even more awesome to create something so awesomely convenient that our wallets would explode in an orgasm of currency, which we shall dub a currencygasm? This is brought on by the saving of money that would have been used to get players for both individual formats, etc. Talk to your wallet about currencygasm today.
