The High-Def DVD future

[TwistedLincoln]

I agree with the anti-DRM sentiments, but as a substitute for renting movies I wouldn't mind downloading.

I agree completely. Downloading "time-limited" movies for the purpose of "renting" is a great idea. The problem is that no one is offering downloads for that purpose-- they market their download services as "sales," which would imply a permanant purchase. iTunes is an excellent example -- they pretend to "sell" music, when they are really just renting it, due to it's integrated DRM. The more consumers get used to this kind of "sales" the more they forget how important ownership really is...

On another note: solid-state media distribution would be an excellent idea. Besides the resilient nature of solid-state media, mass-producing multimedia content on solid-state material would drive down the prices of other types of solid-state memory, which would make many, many types of devices go down in price.