HD DVD format dead?

[Bulldoggie]

Its sad, but the future isnt about disks anyways. Never should have been. What we need is DVR meets downloadable/streaming data meets OnDemand. All that in one package and you have all you need. God knows, I am tired of staring at shelf upon shelf of friggin dvd disk boxes. Maybe Toshiba can find a niche for pushing tjis in their R&D now.

I'm ripping a lot of DVD's to a back-up Hard Drive.
No quality issues, same format.
Easy to manage, just like music and iTunes.
No buffering or streaming issues, same as having the disc in.
My kids keep scratching my favorites or misplacing them at least the sticky finger prints can be washed.
With firewire, you can daisy chain as many Hard Drives as you need