If I were Toshiba, I would sue Microsoft

[Anthony P]

LOL. First off, thats rumor and conspiracy theory. But, everyone on this board takes it as 100% true because "Bill Hunt" says so! Also, creating a competitor is not antitrust, it is the complete opposite. VOD would be a competitor to dvd, not a monopoly. Sorry, but you fail.

Also, to make myself more clear, i dont think its a conspiracy theory that they want to get into VOD, that I know is true, but to own it, well, maybe, but its conspiracy theory right now to say it. Also, does anyone on here think its only MS that wants VOD? ALL STUDIOS want VOD eventually as it is cheaper for them to deliver it to you, they are just waiting on better copy protection im sure. Look at all the studios signing up for the xbox video thing. They all want a piece of that pie.

I myself DONT mind VOD, but i dont want ONLY vod. I prefer to own my discs, which is why i was dvd, and now BD. VOD is fine for the people who rent their movies and dont want to own them. But until a viable way of downloading ( with the same quality ) and ability to archive them comes around, ill purchase physical discs.

there is no conspiracy, MS has said as much. They want VOD and they want their own standard. You also don't understand the first thing about antitrust. Using your BS one can say why did the governments decide to stop MS and their Internet explorer and live bundling with the OS or their substandard Java? Let's face it by your deranged definition of antitrust all that MS was doing was giving us more choice instead of Netscape, Yahoo messenger or Sun's Java. Antitrust is all about when capitalism goes wrong and someone uses their power to force something, it is all about trying to kill a competitors product so that you can gain a monopoly with yours.

As for all studios want VOD, I am not sure what you mean but if it is DL I have not heard one that does. Most don't trust DL VOD because of the simple reason that unless the receiving system is very limited (specialized box where the box has limits) it becomes easier to move and copy and steal. Even though a disk is not the end all and be all (i.e. people can move DVD content to the HDD and then it is just digital no better or worst then DL), there is the natural fear that if the guy DL of he internet that easily then they can just UL and DL an infinite copies just as easily.