Paramount and Dreamworks ditch Blu-ray

I still get angry over Optical media every time one of my discs skips or freezes because its damaged, I always feel un-easy (from an engineering POV) why someone would design optical media without some form of caddy casing.

I still remember that CD's use to have a Caddy that would make it look like a super sized floppy Disk, I'm not sure why it was ditched, looked ugly but at least your CD/DVD/HD wouldn't get damaged.

I'm wondering if Solid state might slowly replace optical media, I've seen devices such as MP4 players, that can record AV from your TV/DVD/Satellites/Camcorder and then they can be played back in most devices even Mobile phones. Also a lot of "Movies on Phones" is also starting to grow, of course, I can see its appeal, those long train journeys...
 
I have a 10" TV/DVD player in the bedroom, and I really hate watching it because the screen is so small. I can't see watching a movie on anything smaller.
 
With cheap solid state topping 4 GB, there's no reason whatsoever that DVDs shouldn't be replaced with it. It's far more reliable, and it won't be long before blank media costs the same as DVDs.
 
I have to say, I'm not sure how I'd feel about giving up DVDs. I have a large collection, and at times it is frustrating to not have enough shelf space for them, but I like being able to look through the titles and covers. It makes the collection seem to have more worth than just a file name on a disc.
 
You wouldn't have to give that up with solid state -- it would just be smaller.

But I think my collection's pretty, too. :)
 
It wouldn't be the same though. It would be like walking into a stately manor's oak library, seeing all the finely crafted first edition books filling rows of shelves... or walking into a college dorm and seeing paperbacks in milk crates. Hell, I'm getting to the point where I can't see the fine print anymore, let alone try to read it. As small as solid state drives are getting, it would be like looking at one of my son's gameboy cartridges.
 
One thing I'll miss when internet distribution becomes the norm is the simple ability to touch and hold a favorite film/album. I really like buying something tangible with artwork, etc. I like to be able to walk over to my shelf and pull out a movie to watch or some music to listen to, knowing that it's mine all mine. Having a bunch of files on a computer or set-top box just isn't the same . . .
 
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