Re: THX Chief Scientist:

Henning I didn't see the article here for some reason or I would have just commented on that instead. I'm a big fan of the "Get first post!"

About the USB key thing...they have to come up with MUCH bigger keys for this to be attractive to be people. Like some of you have mentioned on an iPod you can store 10,000 songs or more. On a USB key at 128 GB we can probably store 6 hidef movies. Big deal.

EDIT: I changed the link in the original post.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Mar 26, 2008]

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Oooooh! 128 GB! Now I can store my entire collection of... 5 HD movies!

What you people seem to forget is that the portable devices are not HD, (such as PSP, DS, iPod, etc.) so the 128 GB flash memory is perfect to store SD-DVD movies and take them with you whenever you want. I personally enjoy movies everywhere I go, doctor's office, work lounge, even when stuck in traffic. So (for home) if Toshiba or anybody comes up with a "super up-convert" that rivals Blu-ray and (on the road) companies come up with 128 GB flash memory cards for me to take my movies anywhere. Forget BD, I'm with downloads and SD-DVD.

wii-lite, this for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0



[Post edited by Skyhawk on Mar 26, 2008]

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Forget BD, I'm with downloads and SD-DVD.

Well for cars and portable devices, DVD is good enough as you mentioned but for home theatre nothing beats high definition movies right now so it looks like BD is the way to go in that regard.

All depends on your needs and circumstances.

what is considered mass market?
You do realize that trend is going up against hundreds of billions of dollars in rentals and manufacturing plants. They won't just sit back and let "memory card renting" (wtf? lame) take over.

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wii-lite, this for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

That's why I'll be watching movies on my iPhone and not a "f***ing telephone".