Rotel, no more DVD players?

I think its called the "advancement of technology". ;-)

Disc player sales as a whole will continue to dwindle. Hard drive based players and online media storage will replace all silver disc in time. It is sooner than some think..just MHO.

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