NEWe..It seems Bill Gates would agree with you hence MS`s alliance with TiVo and MSNBC for video outlets for the pvps. Once most americans have hi-def though I would think we are back where we started...either you can carry a bunch of Blu-ray discs with you on vacation or you can bring your 80GB pPVR loaded with 160 or so DivX 6.0-compressed hi-def movies

the more things change....