This year’s CES held in Las Vegas has proven to be very interesting. The new high definition format war has only spiced up the action. This year, we had the opportunity to hear from each side, HD DVD and Blu-ray, at their respective press conferences. Both conferences gave us the latest developments of the HD format war. The HD DVD and Blu-ray camps each claimed the superiority of their products, while also viciously picking out each other's flaws.

The current confused situation of the market has forced consumer to be very careful when making the choice between HD DVD and Blu-ray. Paired with high pricing of high definition players, a direct consequence is slower acceptance of the new technologies.

Despite this, as the press conferences held this year at CES prove, the new formats are slowly gaining some footing in the relatively new market. In this article we plan to recap the various announcements regarding these new formats that took place at CES.