Folks, you KNOW what's coming.

Everything is going to a "download" type of acquisition.

It's cheap for the supplier and gives the customer flexibility to choose what he/she wants.

I read lots of stereo/av magazines and websites, and you can bet your ass that music and movies will all be downloaded probably sooner that later and that vhs, dvd, etc. will be a thing of the past.

The younger generation is already deeply hooked into the "download" mentality and no way in hell they will go retro.

Music "stores" will all be online and they will come out with some hi tech compression scheme, and eventually it will all be solid state with no moving parts.

In general I think this sucks but I betcha I'm right.

I really wish analog formats would stay but the masses decide what "we" want and most everybody could care less about sound quality.

It's funny, these hi end video rags rant about plasma this and flat screen that but they all admit that good 'ol regular tv's still have the best picture quality.

Digital is great stuff, but it really can rub you the wrong way if it goes "bad".

Dave