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Not trying to sound like an ass here, but what has your post got to do with my post? Who said DD is geared towards on the go travelers? Are you saying that DD is going to fail or that its useless?

Yes, but marketshare doesn't always mean something is successful or unsuccessful, regardless of what it is.

That is the case you are trying to put across isn't it? That BR is a failure because of it's measly 4%. That's clearly your agenda.

Going by your logic the iPhone is a disaster because it has 1% market share of the mobile phone market and nokia with 46% a success.

According to commercial logic the iphone is a success because it takes 20% of the entire mobile phone industry profits.

I am not drifting from the topic merely drawing an analogy.

Likewise BR, DVD and downloadable media. I have no idea of the money each makes but they are all making money so hence currently successful.

You claimed that you don't buy your films on media anymore, good for you. I am sure many do the same thing. I myself am a mixed bag, a bit of downloads and media.

Yet clearly from DVD and BR percentages you are a small minority, even smaller when you consider many of the downloads percentage may also buy media.

Only the future will tell the outcome, and there are no certainties over the next 5-10 years.

Here's something that physical media will never be to do and it has nothing to do with portables.

If I miss a show on tv, I can go to Hulu or some other site and watch the show that I missed immediately.

It's this type of viewing that's killing TV DVD/Blu-ray sales. No longer are consumers forced to wait for shows that they missed on disc. This is the type of viewer behavior that will accelerate the digital format. It's the gateway drug to digital distribution.

Blu Ray is the last disc based medium. DD is inevitable. I can see other solid objects coming, but only in the form of digitial storage. When will all of it happing. Meh slow as usual. Much like VHS to DVD. I still watch VHS movies. When the late adopters have finally crossed over. Then it's the standard. So when I get a BRP then I know it is a standard. I just could care less about my media medium. I'll switch when I have no choice.

1) I was giving an example of how people seen MP3's as a joke that would never take the place of CD's.

2) I have watched 100's of down-loadable movies while waiting at the DMV, Doctors Office, Airport, Park, and Work..

3) DD over taking physical movies has been going on for years, but some people just notice it when BR is in jeopardy. Coincidence?

4) iPod Video, iPod Touch, iPhone, Zune, Zune HD, Sony Walkman, LG Dare, LG Envy,  just to name very few.

no, i was pointing out that digital download's market share for movies is no way near the digital downloads market share for music, nor is it anywhere near the market share of physical media.

digital downloads is the minority, and most likely remain so, due to the very fact that many consumer's see digital downloads after market value as valueless.

thus to count on 10% as this article stated off as Digital Downloads market vs' Blu-Ray only having 4% market. what are their number's based on?

per region?

per download?

look at this firm's statement

http://www.emarketer.com/Reports/All/Emarketer_2000449.aspx

Not going to speak for others experiences but I get the majority of my movies through on demand services. I do not tend to watch them in High Def because of the need to download in advance (on my setup at least).

What is going to change that is the introduction of HD instant on movies. I currently do not purchase any on demand items via my xbox for example even though it is in my living room. That is going to change though because once I can get instand on movies in HD with no apparent penalty I may then pay the extra for the content.

The 360 is cool and all but what I really want is this service to be extended to my existing set top box. This hopefully will pitch up as the software used is mediaroom a Microsoft product for IPTV boxes.

that is because we download music for free, if Im going to pay for music I prefer having a CD.

The same for movies, I just download them and watch them then erase them, if I wanted to buy a movie, an HD movie, I would want phisical media.

but would you class yourself in the Majority?

that's the point your not..because while you are watching those movies at the DMV as an example, how many other people are doing the same thing?

that's the problem!

digital download's for Movies are not the same market as digital downloads for music, and they never will be just for that reason alone

most people want to concentrate on hearing their number called at the DMV ,not listning or watching a movie

I honestly don't see how anyone can say that with a strait face.  DD is the future no matter what you or anyone else wants to think about it.   It is here to stay and obviously 10% is just a starting point.  The more people try it and show it to others the quicker it will catch on.  Like the poster above stated about watching a tv episode from hulu that you missed.  It is just so damnd conveinant that it can't be beat.