Last Friday--just in time for the final pre-holiday shopping crush--the official Blu-ray Disc site was hacked to send visitors to the official Web site of arch-rival format HD DVD.
According to a Blu-ray Disc Association representative, the group's own investigation into the hack reveals that it appears to be the work of a talented enthusiast who's an HD DVD proponent. The BDA says it discovered the hack within an hour after it happened on Friday; within another hour, the site was back up as normal.
This is the latest manifestation of the fervor and vitriol I've seen over the past months among the fanboys and home theater enthusiast-types who post on the many audio-visual boards. While sharing information online is a great resource for active and passive participants alike, I can't help but wonder how this will play out as the format war progresses and, presumably, one side becomes the dominant force. Things have gotten unnecessarily nasty before; is more of that in store before this war is done?