Are disk format movies doomed? (BlueRay/HDDVD/etc)

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PVS
fine, ill post it again: different title



http://practical-tech.com/entertainment/blu-ray-hd-dvd-or-none-of-the-above/



this article is dated by a couple of months, but i decided to post it.
could it be that whoever wins the format 'wars' will ultimately share defeat?
this article speculates something which makes alot of sense to me.

the apple iTV, which will be coming out shortly, will work on the same principal as the ipod. so, rather than have removable media, you could download movies at 480 resolution (yeah i know thats not true hd, but thats irrelevant).
so, the movies will likely be cheaper than dvds, will be stored in a hard drive, and all available instantly...not to mention that music/internet would most likely be able to be integrated into it as well.

the point is, (assuming bandwidth wont be an issue) its more practicle. imho such a system would turn the media format industry upside down in the same way as mp3s have effected the record industry.

http://practical-tech.com/entertainment/apples-itv-may-be-just-what-we-need

so the question: do you believe that in the next 10 years we will still be using disk format media for movies or will it turn exclusively digital?

WrathfulDwarf
Use this thread for the new formats:

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/436288_1-hd-dvd-or-blu-ray-or-more-likely-none-of-the-above

Closing

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