this may or may not be true. it depends on the level of quality that all these folks spending thousands of dollars on high end panels/plasmas are willing to tol

this may or may not be true. it depends on the level of quality that all these folks spending thousands of dollars on high end panels/plasmas are willing to tolerate. i watch most of my films on a 27" computer display, and mostly over netflix streaming. but if i had a higher end system, no doubt i'd want to have the best quality i could get. and even on a 30Mb/s internet connection, i still can't top the quality of blu-ray. but your analogy is well-founded. convenience usually wins. and after all, laserdiscs looked much better than their competitors and still didn't survive.