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Downloadable Movies Are Now
Time Warner cable is already offering HD on-demand downloads to many of its customers. They'll be rolling it out to the rest over the next couple of years. These downloads don't go thru your computer but thru your cable box - Time Warner (and the other cable providers) prioritize that content, so it downloads much faster than your computer can, and you don't have to wait for the whole file to download before you begin viewing the content.
The current high-def disc formats are all doomed. They'll be squeezed by cable and PC downloaded content from below, and by higher-capacity disc formats from above.