I still love and have access to my father's 8-Track collection (my personal favorite, "Little Anthony & the Imperials"), but I was the first of my buddies to switch to cassette tape.  And I liked the Beta, but the first video player that I played was VHS.  Honestly, I didn't pay much attention to the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray DVD battle.  Sony's Blu-Ray has won. This is great for PlayStation 3 owners.  So don't throw out all of your HD-DVDs just yet, they may be worth a few bucks on E-Bay down the road.

 

Check out some interesting background and stories on this shift to Blu-Ray: