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That's a good point. I always forget, not everyone loves this stuff the way I do. :popcorn:

^ Excuse my continued ignorance but aren't pretty much all players sold these days BR capable? That was my thought pattern in my previous comments.

Not sure I'm following you. I don't know anything about the manufacturing process but I assumed manufacturing one shiny disc was about the same cost, regardless of the format. If not now then certainly later. What am I missing?

This is certainly true but I still think the day will come when economies of scale will make standard DVD obsolete. It will simply be cheaper to manufacture all physical discs the same. Of course the quality of the content may be altogether different.

Yep. As generations evolve, more and more folks are adopting the same philosophy, "we'll just keep what we have," just as you pointed out in your chronology. It will eventually get to the point where even the "seasoned" generation of the day has never even heard of physical media, but not...

I'm a physical media guy but even I doubt that. When the cost of producing a Blu Ray vs a standard DVD equalizes [think of physical drives vs SSD's] it's game over for DVD's and that's all good news for enthusiasts.

Please explain...

I hear you but ultimately it will be up to the individual to discern what is optimal for them. You can't expect the industry to stop trying to keep itself relevant by touting [sometimes dubious] features and improvements. Content used to sell movies but nowadays it seems features play a more...

yes. That's the problem pretty much across the board. Too many "average" people.

Small point perhaps but DVD is already "Digital." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD Aside from that, I fear you may be correct. Sadly, markets are controlled by numbers and there will always be more people [read customers] who will accept whatever method a film is delivered to them [and know...