Well, he has the right to be angry, he spent money on a format that failed, and yes you are very correct, he knew the risks, just as I did buying into blu-ray. Had Warner gone with hd-dvd and the situation was the opposite of what it is now, you can bet I would be buying a hd-dvd player this minute. With fanatical fanboys, though, there is simply no reasoning. They adore movies, yet they are willing to give up the uncompressed 1080p beautiful picture and the uncompressed sound quality for very compressed downloads, that when stored on drives, could be lost in a seconds notice should the drive fail. My neighbor has Dish Network and has an external hard drive for his DVR (they offer this service), and had 70-some movies stored on it, all in hd. About 3 to 4 weeks ago, his drive failed. He called Seagate and they said the information on it would not be retrievable and they sent him a new drive. His movies are gone. Seagate told him he should have made a back-up of the drive, but digital management will not let you. So, while the physical discs he owns are in his bookcase, his stored movies are gone. All I can say is that anyone who was interested enough in going to next-fen high def disc who isn't willing to accept the outcome of this format war and move on, it's their loss. Should Sony and other companies pay for their transition to blu-ray? Well, would that be fair to those who made their choice buying the winning format? All through history in electronics, formats compete and formats fail. You take the risk...I did... and while I was waiting for Warner to make its decision, because I knew whichever way they went the tide would turn, I was looking at hd-dvd players, just in case, because I love movies and would have accepted that I just chose the wrong one. I think some people need to either grow up or obtain anger management classes and take some responsibility for their own decisions..

The industry needs to reach out to HD DVD early adopters. Sony should be making some special offers--trade-ins or discounts. Toshiba should do the same when they start supporting Blu-ray (which I predict they will). HD DVD adopters may have "known the risks", but that doesn't mean its good business to walk away from them. The industry needs the support of those HD DVD early adopters, and needs it now.