ah, VCD reminds me of something. in china, the economic boom started after VHS was commonplace in the west, so the first video player most households owned was a VCD player. DVD came along just a bit latter than the VCDs, but its adoption rate was VERY slow. movies slowly migrated to the DVD, but even nowadays, when it comes to TV series, most releases in china are still on VCD's, not DVDs. plus, VCD's appeals to the price sensitive crowd. VCD never gained ground in the US since the DVD entered the market almost immediately afterwards. DVD to VCD is exactly like HD to DVD. there's no good reason why consumer would flock to it when there's a perfectly capable, and much cheaper, substitute on the market. the natural progression will go like: VHS-->DVD-->online delivery. online delivery would almost certainly be widely available in a years time--a lot of companies are already positioning themselves for that, google for more info.
the Wii is an epidemic.
