Gee, I miss the old days where vinyl ruled fairly well untouched (save for improvments) from the 50's to the early 80's. Then CD's toppled them and remained fairly well on top until, well, actually they still are. DVD-Audio and SACD are still trying to get a foothold and if Joe Sixpack has any say, it ain't gonna happen.

And, let's face it, Joe Sixpack and his Wal-Mart spending habits determine what's here for the long haul and what falls by the wayside into the land of niche markets.

It's like when he turned away from vinyl and bought into redbook CD. He didn't go CD for the sound so much as other easilty quantifiable areas. It was the convenience and elimination of noise. The sound was secondary.

Too many people have DVD's now and are more than satisfied with it. I'll wait until one of these new formats becomes a standard and the hardware is plentiful, cheap and proven and the softwars is likewise.