Yeah, I don't know why people think HD downloads will replace disks in the near future; who the hell writes this stuff? Blu Ray has consistently out-performed DVD in its lifespan equivalency and each year is more successful than the previous. The question is, will it have that sudden "take-off" period of wide consumer adoption the way DVD did around 2002 and 2003? Well, like I said, HD monitors make up a minority of the market, so not right now. But I will say this: I was in Best Buy this morning and every single television was HDTV, and they were all much cheaper than the standard-def equivalents being sold in the take-off period of DVD--how long away is the HDTV take-off? Not far.