I was doing some reading on the two HD formats and learned that Blu-ray will not be in a cartridge. TDK came up with some type of coating that would protect the disc so a cartridge will not be necessary. The cartridge was to protect the disc because the blue ray will not read through finger prints and scratches as well as the red ray. Hoping this new protectant would be used across the board but corporate greed being what it is I have my doubts. Also they didn't say how but Blu-ray is going to be backward compatible with current DVD. It looks to me like most of the movie, computer and consumer electronics companies are behind Blu-ray. Some movie companies are refusing to be bound by either and keeping options open to do both. HD-DVD will definitely hit the market first.

The reviews I have read of the Toshiba SD-5970 HDMI DVD player are not good. If they want HD-DVD to get a jump start in the market they will have to tighten up quality control. A run of bad players would be enough to scare off would be buyers and give Blu-ray time to catch up.