blue ray / hd dvd

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I think the big difference with Betamax was that, unlike DVD disks, there was no way to make the tapes play in players that also played VHS tapes.

I was thinking that they did make a hybrid machine but can't find it anywhere. I seem to remember a vcr with 2 slots...one for betamax and one for vhs. I could be wrong.

I just read that Time Warner is going to make hybrid disks that will hold both formats. That might make it interesting.