Anyway, the imminent arrival of our Roku box got me thinking about the death of physical media for storing and transporting movies. Gizmodo had a couple of posts this week along these lines. One noted that less than 50% of HDTV owners don’t even know what blu-ray is! These are HDTV owners who are usually the ones who know what’s up. Forget the rest of the tv-watching public squinting at their standard def 28 inchers, these are the guys with the 48″ LCDs sitting back and counting pores on John Madden’s face in glorious 1080p. Doesn’t say much for the next generation plastic disc. Minimal awareness of a new technology is one thing, but the second post is about Staples’ eye-stabbingly ridiculous plan to sell self destructing DVDs for $4.99. Can you say EPIC FAIL?

I, for one, welcome our new movie streaming overlords. Stay tuned and I’ll let you know how it goes with the Roku.