Of course, Blu-Ray is digital. What it really comes down to is that 1) existing broadband in the US is too pissweak to stream anything even resembling the 40Mb

Of course, Blu-Ray is digital. What it really comes down to is that 1) existing broadband in the US is too pissweak to stream anything even resembling the 40Mb/s Blu-Ray datarate; and more importantly 2) nobody cares. I mean, I care — I spent a good part of my life's blood (metaphorically speaking) getting those iTunes HD versions to look as good as 3Mb/s of H.264 can, and I can't watch HD TV programming, let alone SD without griping about quality; but for the average consumer, convenience (1.5Mb/s < SD basic profile H.264 streamed from Netflix) trumps all.