jay has made some convincing arguments, and a lot of good points,

i may revisit them later...

but for me, blu-ray is officially DEAD... i will NEVER support the format,

i'm just going the digital route, and buying the western digital media extender

.... at first i wanted a new media pc... but this does everything i want (i want it to be

a wired solution - NOT wireless)... it does 1080p through HDMI , supports basically every

video format i need, and is completely extendable, because if you need more space,

you can add a new USB hard drive...... i just got a 1T drive for very cheap >$100 today..

[yes there are other media extenders, ie xbox360/ps3/other hardware manufacturers etc,

but i found this one to be the easiest to use and price/performance wise also]

i have found my solution for now, i will just keep archiving my movies on these hard drives,

and i will never have to mess around with physical media again (i hope).....

in fact, i'm buying one for my parents also (even though i helped them get a SAMSUNG

blu-ray player)........

no, it doesn't solve every issue i have, and yes you have to *AHEM* download, or buy

the originals from somewhere, but with this solution.. i can safely say,

I WILL NEVER GIVE INTO SUPPORTING THE BLURAY format, or PLAYER from ANY COMPANY,

ESPECIALLY ##$&#*($&*(#&$*(#&$ SONY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD BYE, AND GOOD RIDDANCE, and hopefully this format will die the quick painful death

it deserves..

later

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