timdiggerm said:

The problem with physical media is that

1. It breaks

You buy an optical disc -> You watch it -> You still have it -> The optical disc may break -> You wouldn't have that one movie any more.

You stream a movie -> You watch it -> You don't have that movie any more.

You download movies -> You watch them -> You still have them -> Your HDD may break -> You don't have any of those movies any more.

2. Distribution is slow and expensive compared to digital

It takes me less time to get off my ass and go to a shop to buy a Blu-Ray than it does to download 50GBs from the internet and it will for the foreseeable future (and at the school dorms I've probably got the fastest internet connection available in my country).

3. Every time we want to make advancements in quality, they make you pay again. This last one is my biggest gripe with DVD-->Blu-->Future

That one I have to give you. Although, if we were talking directly about BD, I already have all the tech and at this point to stream movies, you must buy specialized tech too or at least f*ck around with the tech you already have.

4. Also, the proprietary nature of Blu-Ray sucks

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

For those of you who talk about how you don't get alternate commentary tracks, etc with digital

1. That's possible with digital

True, it's possible but so far not available.

2. Most people don't care

That's why I compared BD to LD, the people who do care (have standards) will rather buy the film on BD or some even better future format than download it.