I already have 2 terabytes of video files hooked to a player I got from Western Digital, around $100.00. My TV already has an USB thumb drive port, many others have SD slots. I play nothing from a DVD anymore, I use HandBrake on anything not protected and have a couple other programs that let me get around those pesky disc.
I record anything that I want to keep, from TV, with ElGato’s EyeTV.
How nice for you. Now tell that to someone who has trouble getting a DVD to play. Which is an awful lot of people.
And you failed to address the distribution and cost issues.