Just curious how the folks here watch / buy movies. I am talking about DVD Releases, not movies that have come out in theaters.
I have found myself shying away from DVDs personally and picking up HD DVDs for the cheap. I know its a dead format but since my HD DVD player was free I feel like I might as well get some bang out of my buck for it. I can't justify picking up movies in just standard DVD format due to the fact that I know in the distant future they will be released in HD (blu ray of course, so I will probably have to pick up a PS3 
). The quality is just so much better (well with a HDTV) it just hurts me. Of course there are some HD DVDs that were pumped out rather quickly and weren't polished for released so they don't look true HD - http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=942015 is a great thread that lists the quality of HD DVD movies, I am sure on that forum that there is one for Blu Ray as well.
But now there is Apple TV and Xbox Marketplace. Both amazing places to just rent HD movies for cheap and almost no wait (at least that considerable long of a wait) to stream it to your player and begin watching. This is obviously where I think the future of rentals/purchases of movies is heading and I feel its a damn shame since I like to have the actual physical object. I am sure if things go the downloading for rent/buying method I will have to accept it. 