hd-dvd are on their way now, toshiba is on slashdot.com today about using the HD-DVDs in their new line of laptops en route to the world, i love the idea of the blue-ray dvds holding 50GB of data. I started with Zip 100s then CDR and CDRWs then lost faith in plastic media. anything beyond 2 years is a miracle aside from the $20 single CDRs from ages ago. I keep my jewels on a pair of 150GB EIDE, one maxtor, one western digital