good point on BD drives.
the availability and interoperability of HD-DVD hardware might just be giving Sony a competitive advantage it most certainly should not have... already there's been delays in HD-DVD titles but no corresponding delays in BD titles.
if i had the moolah i'd be buying up hardware and donating it to deserving hacksters
sadly it seems the cleverest people have sided with HD-DVD, possibly to it's detriment.
here we see DRM turning usual market principles upside down... make a product more competitive and useful and suddenly it's at a disadvantage.