@DrXym - The minority of people who want to share discs between DVD and BD decks? I can pretty much guarantee you that 100% of people that own a BD player own a DVD player. And if you think 95% is a "diminishing minority" then I'm not sure where you're getting your BD FUD.
You suggest re-buying the DVD (which people wanted to avoid in the first place) or sure, if you don't want to BUY the DVD, you can rent it and burn it. Same thing with CDs/MP3s, same thing with BDs, same thing with any other media known to man. I'm sure we are all aware that we can get things for free if we so choose to do so. That's getting way off-topic and rehashing info that has been all over the web for years. The main argument here is the viability of people replacing their portable DVD players with BD players (nonsense). You seem to be arguing for these portable BD players, yet I tend to believe you won't be jumping at the chance to revel in 1080p goodness on a 7" screen (for 3-4x the price).
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@DrXym - The minority of people who want to share discs between DVD and BD decks? I can pretty much guarantee you that 100% of people that own a BD player own a DVD player. And if you think 95% is a "diminishing minority" then I'm not sure where you're getting your BD FUD.
You suggest re-buying the DVD (which people wanted to avoid in the first place) or sure, if you don't want to BUY the DVD, you can rent it and burn it. Same thing with CDs/MP3s, same thing with BDs, same thing with any other media known to man. I'm sure we are all aware that we can get things for free if we so choose to do so. That's getting way off-topic and rehashing info that has been all over the web for years. The main argument here is the viability of people replacing their portable DVD players with BD players (nonsense). You seem to be arguing for these portable BD players, yet I tend to believe you won't be jumping at the chance to revel in 1080p goodness on a 7" screen (for 3-4x the price).