Los Angeles Times article: DVD Format War apears to be OVER!

[quetzalcoatl]

If they can get over the DL hurtle which I donot think they can do. Then we come to the next hurtle and that is the storage question.
How many have even 1TB of storage?
I am one that has 1.5TB of storage so that means I could hold a whole 30 movies at 50GB. So if you want a collection you will need a massive RAID. And right now the sweet spot on drives is at about the 750GB level for about $230. So if you want to keep movies just in storage you are looking at about $15 a movie.
Then we can come to the DRM problem. How long will the licencse be good for? How much will it cost for just the DL? Will it be a PPV system?

If they can get over all of this then there is a chance for digital DLs. But the first 2 problems will not be solved for many years. Especially the first one since that requires major infastructure throughout the country.