Originally Posted by brtecson

Not much, it just means that they are going to be phased out eventually. They will still be backwards compatible in hddvd/bluray players.

Considering that they are already producing bluray standalone recorders, has a 50 gb capacity (compared to HDdvd 30gb, and that PS3 is going to use bluray discs (xbox360 will use standard dvd), I'm putting my money on blu-ray.