Originally posted by: lordjedi

Doesn't Netflix have a pretty sizeable library? And if you rented the maximum number of DVDs per month, I'm sure the cost would be under a dollar per movie. I don't know if they have any of the old classics, but I've always heard that if you can't find it elsewhere, Netflix probably has it.

I'd never dream to rent the maximum amount of movies per month from Netflix, the very idea of sitting in front of the glowing box that many hours a month gives me shivers. And Netflix is actually quite lacking in older and less popular titles, not to mention the vast number of films condemned to die with VHS.

As for Blu-ray's larger capacity, I am surprised we are even debating the usefullness of more space. Am I the only one who remembers when 3.5 floppys seemed more than suffciently large? How about the CD-R with its 650mb? I remember when I got my first CD burner thinking how great it was to have a means of storage that was nearly impossible to run out of space on. In those days my hd was only 4gb. When I first bought that computer and for the first few years I had it, I felt pretty sure I would never be able to max out such a massive hd as my 4gb. Now when I back up my computer I have to use at least two DVD-Rs to get everything, sometimes more. Times have changed, and they will continue to change. DVD use to be considered the ultimate media format with the ultimate picture and sound quality, giving you the ultimate cinema like viewing experience...

Not only will the BRs extra space be useful, it will inevitably sometime in the near future be completely inadaquate. The idea that they wont be filling the things to the top just a short time after HD-DVD is gone is laughable.