With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, the manufacturers of Blu-ray and HD DVD are going to be competing for your money. In fact they are going to go to great lengths to entice you into supporting their platform. I just read that Wal-mart is going to be offering a sale special for an HD DVD player for $100 which is plain amazing. The player that is offered is already replaced by a newer model so it is somewhat outdated, but nevertheless it is amazing. The nearest Blu-ray player that I have seen is at least $400 (perhaps the Playstation...