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3. Anything HD DVD or Blu-ray

So maybe you have good reason to know that someone on your holiday shopping list is going to actually have use for HD DVD or Blu-ray products, whether they be the discs themselves or the hardware to play them--PlayStation 3 owners, for example (the Sony console comes with a Blu-ray player), or someone who's actually taken the plunge and purchased an HD DVD or Blu-ray player (or the combo player that LG makes). But that's the exception to the rule.

The ugly hi-def format wars unfortunately aren't over yet. Maybe we'll know by next year, but this is still enough of a toss-up that it probably merits holding back on the holiday gifts.

Plus, there's always the awkward situation in which you thought your brother had a Blu-ray player, so you bought him the first season of Prison Break on Blu-ray, only to learn that he's actually an HD DVD devotee. Oops.

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Is that the editors at ZDNet think their readers need to be guided in their gift purchasing!

I would add this article to the list of things you don't want at Christmas. Bah HumBug!... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Xwindowsjunkie Posted on: 12/12/07 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Ha Ha Vista Is On The List  itanalyst | 11/26/07
And that only if...  federico.churca@... | 11/26/07
The Crack Code...  Komplex | 11/27/07
Message has been deleted.  markrusso@... | 11/27/07
Vista as a Gift?  An Apple a Day | 11/27/07
Vista's DRM makes it a poor gift too  Bruce Walker | 11/27/07
RE: (Photos: Holiday tech gifts we don't recommend)  Mitchy | 11/27/07
I agree  PirateFaafy | 11/28/07
RE: (Photos: Holiday tech gifts we don't recommend)  PeninaD | 11/27/07
RE: (Photos: Holiday tech gifts we don't recommend)  rharrold@... | 11/27/07
Haven't seen it for a while  LadyGray | 11/28/07
Disagree about the OS gift  John Musbach | 11/28/07
RE: (Photos: Holiday tech gifts we don't recommend)  vtraven@... | 11/29/07
What's really sad....  Xwindowsjunkie | 12/12/07

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