HD DVD is dead; Blu Ray will lose the war

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ssj12 said:
People prefer to have their media stored. Movies on Blu-ray will become sucessful as HDTV's penetrate the market farther.

A hard drive is a form of storage. Plenty of people seem to be okay with it when used on their tivo.  

That Guy said:
Plus, if you're tech-savvy enough know how to rig an HD Home Theatre, I'd bet that you have broadband too. 

It's only a matter of time where you have Tivo/AppleTV/Netflix set top boxes that can connect wirelessly to the internet and you can watch HD streams of whatever off the net.

Netflix has already announced it this year with regular Def movies. How long before high def?

I can imagine a $5 Hi Def online streaming download, and then maybe 10 dollars if you wanted to keep it downloaded onto your Tivo.

Exactly. One of the arguments against digital distribution I've never understood is the claim that broadband penetration isn't high enough. It's true that high speed internet is not as common as it should be, but the sort of people who have and HD set and are looking at Bluray are almost certain to be in the percentage of high speed internet.