Comment Come back when I get unlimited downloads (Score 1) 547
I don't think Blu-Ray is done for quite yet. The biggest problem is that true high def content is large, 25-50GB large for a movie. Given bandwidth caps, and our poor broadband networks in the in the US I don't see downloading "real" HD content coming soon. Sure you can get HD movies on Hulu, iTunes, Netflix but the quality there is terrible compared to watching a Blu-Ray.
Another issue for purchased content is local storage. Even though hard drive space has increased exponentially on a 1TB drive one could only store about 40 HD movies. Not only that but hard drives are prone to failure and one could easily lose their entire movie collection if a hard drive fails, or gets reformatted. I have yet to see a site or company which offers downloadable movies where one can download their collection whenever they want. The ONLY reason I can accept buying games via steam is that I can delete, and re-download my games as much as I want on any computer I log into.