I take strong acception to his statement that HD is only slightly better than DVD. And much of his argument is based on that assumption. Anyone who's seen true HD quality knows this is not so. Still, it IS true that true HD programming is scarce. Most of what we see is DVD quality in HD format. This will probably not change either, satellite and broadcast providers will continue to over-compress signals and deliver less than HD specs.

It is true that the DRM is behind much of the push for HD. Of course, DRM is a joke because if you can play it, you can copy it. But, since DRM technology is such a big business, it will continue to drive the marketplace. And the only people really affected by DRM will be the normal end-user, not the pirates.