Should the consumer win?

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Originally Posted by JohnGalt

Everyone here seems to assume that Warner will either back HD DVD, Blu-ray, or both but what about "none of the above"? Don't forget that Warner is first and foremost a media company and that they might well conclude that online delivery is preferable to either of the next-gen optical formats and attempt to set up their own proprietary online delivery service for their catalog. I despise AOL but it is a very strong brand name that is currently faltering, an online movie delivery service might be as good a use as any for it going forward.

Despite the insinuations that have been put forward I doubt 4th quarter player or disc sales are going to be the primary driving factor for Warner. More likely they're weighing whether or not they really want to support a next-gen disc format at all or whether there is a more profitable way to distribute their wares.

Sorry but we are talking 2008 not 2018. Warner knows that the hardware for that still isn't viable for the average joe so you can forget that right off the bat.

There are many consumer that still are not computer savy to begoin with that want a hard formated disk.