Rotel, no more DVD players?

Most all DVD players are using Blu-ray and it isn't free to other manufacturers since it is a Sony product.
Home theater sales are down in general, Thank God, and it cuts into their profits.
I personally do not believe in hard drive based systems.

03-01-10: Rrog
I personally do not believe in hard drive based systems.

What's your reasoning?

DVD stand alone players have been usurped by BLU-Ray machines which also do DVD.Also some users have resorted to downloaded playback but to any enthusiast who still demands the best picture and sound quality they have moved on to BLU-Ray machines. Don't forget many users prefer to own a true physical product and BLU-Ray aswell as DVD discs fill that gap.

I recently moved onto BLU-Ray with my Oppo BDP-83 and have no regrets as its a sweet Blu-Ray player and killer up-scaling via Anchor Bay chip set DVD player as well as a damn nice sounding CD player via its own analogue Cirrus Logic CS-4398 DACS

I'm also curious to know reasons behind not considering a hard drive based system. Most of the people I've noticed that have negative views of HD Based systems, are the ones that haven't tried it.Yes there's always a chance of losing a drive.But this is what backups are made for.

Once solid state HDs become the norm and cheap. I believe more will be willing to change over to HD based systems.

I can tell you once you go that way..there's no going back to a disc player. I don't own a disc player in the entire place! These days you can stream your content in HiDef to the display of choice. Everyone in my household has access to the media collection! That's 10,000 songs and over 500 ripped Blu-rays and DVDs.

I can watch a movie on the big-screen as my significant other watches a recorded TV show in the bedroom and the kids watch a movie of their choice in their rooms. All of this streamed from the same Media server at the same time.

Shoot..throw the disc in the basement and surf the collection on HD. Or if you just can't let go of the Disc. Buy a changer and link it to the HD based system! Control the collection remotely!

Although the last suggestion is very possible and some use this. I personally don't see the need for the extra mechanical wear , when it isn't necessary.

Gmood,

Some people like to own a physical disc (Blu-Ray, DVD product). Next today Blu-ray still offers the highest in picture quality with 1080p and the ability to play the full Rez loss less digital surround Codecs. They also give you a lot of added content from just the movie. But yes for so called rentals a hard drive setup is a good way to watch just a movie if that is all you want to do and do not really want to have a physical disc to keep.