Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
I aim to replace them as and when I get DVD replacements (or whatever comes next!).

Replace with DVD. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD may be the future of hi-def, but not the future for major video. DVD will, in 10 years, still be the major market. It will be like with Laserdiscs. They took off for a little while, but really only had a relatively small (2 million US players) following. VHS was still the major format. Compare this to today's situation. DVD has been around for 10 years, and now 2 new formats are here. Neither one can ever be as big as DVD, because it will be at least another 10, maybe 15 years before Hi-Def is the standard kind of telivision. DVD has all the bugs worked out (it did a long time ago) and will rule supreme for a long time. Hell, downloading will be bigger than hi-def formats, because for some strange reason, this new generation loves downloading films onto thier computers so they watch them on little screens and get sore eyes. (Why would you watch a film on your computer? It's stupid.) Music downloads are huge, and film downloads will be too, in another 5 years or so. Music downloads are so big because they're just that---music. This new generation prefers they're stupid, angry rap to movies any day.

Sorry for my rambling, just wanted to clarify that the next medium that's as big as DVD or VHS will not be HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. Next time a major, worldwide video format arrives, it will be 20 years from now by the time everyone adopts it, and who knows what it will be?