Star Wars: HD format war may result in a skip to download?

[Blu-dock Saint]

Originally Posted by blublublu

Hmmm. 20 Years from now, I can't really see we'll still be interested in physical media. However, I'm mainly a renter and not a purchaser, and with few exceptions can't see the economics in buying a disc. Downloading/VOD is going to be much more economical that moving plastic around.

Aside: don't think that Microsoft is going to be king here. The Cable, Sat, and Telco folks are not going to sit idly by and let MS skim away revenue by riding on their pipes.

I still think there will always be some sort of physical media. I'm not sure a lot of people would accept not being able to have something physical to hold onto and say they own, but who knows, only time will tell.