wow - gone for a couple of days and you guys cover all the issues! smile I generally agree with Jerry's position on this subject and to his point, as many people buy 2" screens today (iPod) than 40+ screens; and the real video iPod yet to come...

In 3 short months Apple has sold more Disney movies (well over half-a-million) at slightly LESS than DVD resolution than all the studios HD disks combined... and you can only watch 'em on a computer or 2" iPod screen for Pete's sake (I've purchased several of these myself I'm ashamed to say!!) - It's sooooo easy...

I think the future will be download and convienence. I do think (or at least hope) however, that with the relative new 'Home Theater' market, and HD TVs, there will be just enough demand for an anemic disk based solution to limp along for a while - especially when tied to the game box market to help offset some of the cost... But even this may not be possible with a format war - that was the fatal blow I think; Had all agreed on a single format and marketed well, it would be a good filler until HD downloads are prevalent...

ken