Jay said:
I keep reading words like "forced" in regards to consumer adoption of Blu-ray and "replace" in regards to some people's current DVD library. I must have missed something, because I wasn't aware that DVD was a dead format. I also didn't realize that DVDs you've already purchased somehow stopped working now that Blu-ray is here, and that you have to replace your entire library with Blu-ray versions.

I think I was the only one who used the word "forced", and it was in reference to people being forced to switch to DVD when they stopped releasing films on VHS. I agree with you, there is absolutely no reason the average consumer should feel the need to switch to blu-ray, DVD is still alive and hopefully it will be for quite a while yet. My point was the technological change from VHS to DVD was huge and a definite worth while switch, and yet many people still held back on switching up until the point where they had to switch because the old format had finally died, and all new movies had to be purchased on DVD. With Blu-ray, there are less reasons for switching, the advantages are fewer, the cost is higher, and the difference can only be experienced if you own the right equipment.