Although I generally attempt to be as in-tune as possible with emerging technology trends, I admit complete ignorance on the latest format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD.

There is, however, a purely semantic reason I’m hoping HD DVD prevails: I simply cannot foresee a future in which one would refer to “shopping for Blu-Rays.” At least with HD DVD we can continue to referring to the new medium as “DVDs”, a term we’re already quite comfortable with.