HD DVD, I bid thee a farewell

Today, Toshiba announced the end of HD DVD. They will stop producing equipment but will still support those of us that bought into the format.
So what next? There are some 600,00 consumers in the US with HD DVD players. But stores like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and even online rental service Netflix will only sell/rent Blu-Ray. Granted some store have inventory to clear out, but we as consumers will not likely be able to get new movies on HD DVD. There has been no word from the few Studios that supported HD DVD, so its just a wait and see. Personally, I have on Pre-order the Justice league: New Frontier HD DVD combo from Amazon. This is suppossed to be one of the last to be produced by Warner Brothers since they decided to go Blu in January. But will that even make it to market? I hope so.
And what does Microsoft have up its sleeve? Will they continue to sell the HD DVD add on for the Xbox 360? Maybe for a short time, but I must admit it doesn't make sense to continue it. They are rumored to release a Blu-Ray player add on, but if so will I be able to use both Drives and how much will this cost? Sony is Microsoft's competitor in the gaming business and is not likely to give MS a very good deal on the technology. Or Perhaps we will hear shortly that Microsoft will take over Toshiba's HD DVD business, but I must confess it is unlikely.
Either way, consumers lost! We did not have a choice it the Format War, Big studio Movie Execs made the decision for us. The only difference in Blu-Ray and HD DVD is cost and capacity. The capacity makes no difference with movies, but can in gaming and computing. The cost factor was nice because you didn't have to go spend a whole paycheck to get the Hi Def movie experience. HD DVD was better for consumers, Blu-Ray is better for the movie industry that wants to control the world.
With, I bid thee, HD DVD, a farewell. You will be missed.