While you will soon be able to view movies in high definition on DVD right in your living room, there is a fight shaping up between two competitive formats -- HD DVD and Blu-ray.

Toshiba leads the group committed to HD DVDs, which also includes consumer electronics manufacturers Sanyo and NEC. HBO, New Line Cinema, Paramount Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video are also in the HD DVD camp as are Intel and Microsoft, which recently announced that it has voted in favor of the HD DVD format.

Why is Microsoft supporting HD DVD?

Microsoft said it felt the 50GB version of Blu-ray was