@Brian, I second your comment - I rarely watch DVDs on the Sony - (hell, I think it was only twice). Everything else is USB, whether at home (also LAN) or in the 'mobile'. It doesn't hurt having some media repository somewhere - be it your LAN-accessible computer or a HD media player with a HDD inside - since you can always delete what you don't like, replace with something hotter, and/or swap out the drive for upgrades. As earlier stated, I also foresee the demise of the disc as we know it (at least as far as home media use is concerned), since when you've watched a disc you rarely go back to it, unless it's a reeealy good movie. You'll start seeing home theatre players with LAN ports as standard and online media offerings bundled in. Everything is going the 'smart' way.