OK folks here go look at all the HD variants
High-definition video - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Only 7 yrs away from the NEXT upgrade, to ULTRA HDTV Ultra High Definition Video - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and
What is Ultra HDTV?

According to the first wiki article the first version of HighDefinition was proposed in 1981.

So back to BluRay. I'll be waiting til the Chinese companies start making tons of knockoff BluRay players and eventually the price will drop like a rock. Can get an elcheapo DVD player for 40 bux now. I think the main constraint is going to be the blue lasers, a bit harder to make and more defects if I remember right. I wonder when stand alone BluRay recorders are going to come out. I think I saw a BR player/recorder for computers for about $400.