Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: a Solution Abroad

the Wallstreet Journal discovers what some of us learned months ago:

Some savvy consumers are looking overseas for a way to take some of the risk out of buying a next-generation DVD player.

Many movie lovers have repeatedly said they are reluctant to buy one of the new high-definition movie players because of a format war pitting two incompatible technologies against each other. As the battle has unfolded, some studios have made deals to exclusively distribute their titles in one format or the other. Sony Pictures, for example, releases high-definition titles only in the Blu-ray format, which parent Sony Corp. developed. General Electric Co.'s Universal Pictures, on the other hand, releases high-definition movies only in the rival HD DVD format.

Via WSJ