I've talked about BluRay and HD-DVD before, and advised everyone to wait and see who wins (BluRay did), but I realized the other day that both have lost. Digital media on spinning discs is soon to be dead. When's the last time you bought a CD? Probably been a while. Pretty soon you'll be thinking the same thing about DVD's. With HD movie downloads from iTunes and Amazon, there's no need for a $500 BluRay DVD Player. 'But what about 1080P?' you ask - Dish Network now has 1080P on-demand pay-per-view, and this is just a taste of things to come. Although we are years away from 1080P coming over the free airwaves, it will soon be available for download purchasing as bandwidth becomes faster and cheaper...
There's even economic and environmental factors at play. Downloads in contrast to DVDs have no transportation cost and no packaging (no more using your car keys, a hanger, butter knife, and non-stick cooking spray trying to pry open the DVD case!)
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