[JayNorth]

media companies would dearly like to convert all media to a pay-per-view model

Just remember DIVX that we all fought to defeat and won a rare victory!

[Jmouse007]

Way cool man you were in that fight too! Brothers in arms, I wrote tons of nasty letters to congress, and Demon City, telling them we would never buy from them again if Dickey not so Sharp forced DIVX down our throats. I also went numerous time into their stores and talked people out of buying DIVX Praise the Lord it worked!! Demon City lost over 20+ MILLION dollars, tons of customer support and Richard Sharp found himself out on the street. Sure he went away with tons of money but still, we won, Sharp's name is MUDD and OPEN source DVD has just skyrocketed!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure DVD may be obsolete in 10, but the good news is you don't have to pay for it EVERY IME YOU WATCH IT, which seems to be what Bill Gates has in mind for our VIDEO future. Only this time he wants up to pay him directly instead of Demon City, Sharp and his Lawyer pals. As for me, I will stick to DVD's, besides if they become obsolete, they will be cheap to purchase... "out with the old and in with the new," great way to build my library :o)

P.S. Since the DIVX debacle my family and I have bought less than $80 worth of merchandise from Circuit City and we are not alone, Divx and CC's "lets screw the public and get filthy rich in the process" attitude hurt em BIG TIME!