I plan to get a high definition DVD set top player one of these days, whether HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, I'm not sure, and just stick the disk in there and watch it on a HD t.v. As far as the Blu-Ray burner needed to make the HD backup copies at full quality, all one needs is access to one a friend owns to crank some out or a burner on some PC anywhere that you can use would work fine. No need for everyone to go out and buy dozens of Blu-Ray burners for $1,000 each, that's completely impractical. I certainly don't mind spending $30 per blank disk to have the Star Wars trilogy plus the prequels in HD before any further changes can be made.