HD-DVD

Lightning, or USB-C might turn out to be something like the HD-DVD versus Blu-ray wars of the past.

HD-DVD, device and content producers can support both formats.

Gamers who are most likely to pony up for a first-gen VR system like this should be wary about buying into another Laserdisc or HD-DVD that goes nowhere.

The format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray a decade ago left the latter the victor, but only after millions dropped to the studio’s bottom line from anxious hardware manufacturers pushing one or the other format.

But it dropped right on the tail end of the DVD boom, and its critical and word-of-mouth popularity gave it genuine strength on the DVD and emerging HD-DVD/Blu-Ray market.