Frank Simonis, the European chairman of the Blu-Ray Disc Association, was quoted as saying “Within three years it will just be Blu-ray.” Is it just me, or does that seem about as credible as Bill Gates’ statement that Microsoft will eradicate spam in two years… made in January of 2004.

Perhaps Blu-Ray will win the DVD wars - I mentioned awhile back that I was siding with Blu-Ray - but it seems a bit enthusiastic to say that within three years, even normal DVDs will no longer be in use.

Still, according to NewsFactor, Blu-Ray discs outsold HD-DVDs two-to-one during the first two months of 2007, and The Departed (great movie, btw!) sold 20,000 Blu-Ray discs to 13,000 HD-DVDs, so the initial numbers seem to favor Blu-Ray.

Unfortunately, I haven’t yet purchased my Playstation 3 so I have not yet been able to evaluate Blu-Ray’s quality. After realizing there was no way I was willing to pay ridiculous prices around Christmas time, I broke down and purchased a Samsung LNS3241D 32″ HDTV instead. I’ve been waiting patiently for PS3s to become more readily available ever since.