The Best Things Come In Small Packages

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why, yes you can! bazza and company have thought of you and other folks interested in just the case. you can purchase one for the low, low price of just $345. or you can go on ebay and pick it up for $65. your choice.

-- eliyahu

I actually like this and thanks for the ebay tip

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OT, but I just had to comment. The reason Apple hasn't gotten around to "embracing" Blu-Ray yet is because Apple feels that optical media is finished. Go look at the current Mac Mini. iMac is next to get "the business", mark my words!

I just thought I would add that I've stopped at DVD too... Blue Ray doesn't offer me anything that I can't download from iTunes.

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Sorry, I just can't buy my content from Apple.
The thought makes my skin crawl.

Doesn't have to be Apple, you could use Amazon or whoever, my point is that Physical Media is basically dead... I don't like moving parts in my computer.

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You are correct. DVD and Blu-Ray sales have both climbed over recent years and for those who are interested DVD outsells Blu-Ray about 3:1. However the comparative increase of both would give us about another 5 years before before Blu-Ray sales are as good as DVD sales. DVD still rules the roost it seems, perhaps not so surprising when one considers that the DVD player had the fastest take up rate of any consumer electronics device ever sold. The odd release does buck the trend however.

Are you sure? I think DVD was out in 1996, but didn't really take off until 2001... I could be wrong I'm pulling numbers from memory here... But that's is quite a long uptake time, granted it could well be quicker than any other technology... But I'm not yet convinced.

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@Tripitaka,

That's cool! And I do feel that the USB flash has been much more of a success than you give it credit for... Sure the Big Content producers have avoided it like the plague, but everyone I know has loads of them and when I attend an event most companies given away content on them... Hell, I can pick up a 4gig in my local pound shop!!! :-o

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Just saw this about "Love Film" on engadget...

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/lovefilm-streaming/