[QUOTE=nightflier]...that geniuses will choose green cars and I haven't seen many of those on the road lately. Maybe it's just me, but I've always associated blue with a follow-the-leader lemming-type crowd. Blue may be "pretty" but it's not really a thinking man's color, I think. [QUOTE]
WTF? Based on what? Besides, Al Gore invented the internet and discovered Global Warming, and he likes Blue way more than Red.

Then again, maybe that's why marketers and advertising firms are pushing blue? It's the mainstream that does most of the buying & consuming (I guess geniuses know better).

Even with a/v equipment, I tend to see blue digital displays at Sharper Image, BB, K-mart, and Costco, but the higher end stuff has green or red displays (Think CJ, Arcam, Krell, etc). I'm sure there will be exceptions. PS Audio seems to like blue, but then again they are also making a big push into the mainstream with cheaper China produced goods sold through Crutchfield (another blue-camp stalwart).
I like Purple.

- What is NetFlix' take on this? (What do you know, they are in the red camp). If they were to go the other way, it would definitely add fuel to this fire.
Dunno, but the #1 product in one industry supporting the #1 product in another kinda makes what the #2 players do irrelevant.
- Will Blockbuster (blue camp) be selling all their HD-DVD stock at bargain prices?
At 13% of their stores or so...

- Was Toshiba (red camp) stock affected by the Blockbuster announcement?
No, it actually went up. But keep in mind the royalties to be gained off BluRay or HD-DVD licensing are insignificant next to the revenue stream and profits to be earned from selling the hardware itself. DVD showed us that. An overwhelming victory for HD-DVD would probably have about as much impact on Toshiba's stock. Either that or the market is interpreting this as a sign Toshiba will focus on something more favorable to shareholders?

- Any preliminary Walmart HD-DVD sales figures (blue company with red product - this may not work)?
I'm sure Wooch or someone will chime in with that stuff. I haven't seen BluRay or HD-DVD at the Wal-Mart's I've been in.
Just my own observation in my own neck of the woods, but it certainly seems like the store shelves are about 75% Blu-ray, now. I'm still waiting for regular DVD prices to drop, but somehow that kind of effect is not yet trickling down.
It's about 50/50 in the few I checked out, though it wasn't that long ago HD-DVD was up roughly 75/25 or so. I suspect as BluRay releases more new release movies, shelving might reflect that. I'm sure a 50% price cut in the player will help year 2 sales as well.

Man, I just looked at some old threads we had way back. A lot of us really thought HD-DVD was going to win because of the price advantage and being first to market (me included). Isn't looking so good right now.