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If you?re an integrator who didn?t recommend one format or the other to your clients, you still have a decision to make: is there a Blu-ray player right for you?

If you’re anything like me you’ve got a large collection of MP3 music files on your hard drive. Some of my MP3s were acquired from places like iTunes and Amazon, while others were ripped from my CD collection. The end result is a pile of MP3s - some with album art, many without.

At home I listen to music via SageTV’s HTPC application and on the road I use an iPod - and it’s always helpful to have album art embedded into the file itself instead of having an additional photo file. MP3 files with embedded album art are just more portable.

Onkyo, one of the few manufacturers of HD DVD products besides Toshiba, will end its development and production of the format, the company announced Thursday.