At least for me, I dont go to Blockbuster or any B&M stores anymore since none of them (near me) have Blu-rays. I used to do Blockbuster Online & Netflix, but have stopped that as well. I mostly only buy Blu-rays or I download movies from my Directv HD-DVR. I would go to B&M stores, mostly b/c I'm a very inpatient person and sometimes I just want to see a movie that night, and there the best option, but unfortunately they have no Blu-rays. I'm hesistant of downloads b/c they are best able to download 1080i movies that were encode with a pretty slow bitrate, so the picture quality while decent, is nothing compared to a Blu-ray. So for now, if its just a decent movie, nothing epic, I might download it, but if its anything worthy of seeing, I will have to buy it or not see it.

As for the general public, I think digital downloads are still far from the norm. Most people dont even know that you can download movies or even know how to set up a DVR to do so, and I I see Netflix and like staying around for awhile. B&M stores will slowly decline (I'm against this, b/c its the quickest way to get Blu-rays if they have it), but it wont go away for awhile since most people are happy with DVDs and will want instant access to it.

@EQC I havent tried to talk to the managers, but I did try to talk to the employees, but I might give that I try next time I go there.

I've actually mostly stopped renting DVDs from them for about 2 years now after I got my ps3 and saw how amazing blu-rays were. I mostly exclusively either buy Blu-rays or watch them through Netflix or Blockbuster Online (but I stopped that as well). I want to be able to pix up a movie right away and Netflix or Blockbuster online doesnt provide me that.

By the way, not all Blockbusters have Blu-ray in America. A search on the Blockbuster website near my home in NYC, shows only 1 blockbuster with blu-rays and that one is pretty far from me. I've been waiting and waiting, hearing all these reports on Engadget about Blockbuster keep on lining their stores with Blu-ray, but no luck for me.

eSATA by the way does not transfer power, whereas USB does. But there is POeSATA (Power Over eSATA) in the works.

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