hehehe, very true, thats why its also a hit and miss thing buying those bd /dvd9 jack sparrows. there is a higher chance of a good copy if you know that the bd version has been released already. 
On the contrary, there is actually a better chance of getting a perfect copy if it's a direct DVD to DVD transfer.
If it's a BD to SD DVD conversion, there's a 90% likelihood that the transcoding process is defective. Errors such as motion judder, slo-mo scenes, and out-of-sync audio are common.
I have a standalone DVD player, BD player and NMT. For now I don't buy DVDs anymore. For titles not worth buying in Blu-ray format, I download and just watch thru my NMT..
It's probably true that BD is facing stiff competition from HD downloads, judging from the high level of interest that the NMT board has been generating.
The longest thread in the HD board is the "PS3 as a blu-ray player" thread, with 57 pages since Nov. 2006. The longest thread in the NMT board is the "Popcorn Hour A-100" thraead, with 14 pages since May 2008. That's an average of 2.48 pages per month for PS3; and 2.33 pages per month for NMT. In 6 months, the PCH A-100 thread already has 14 pages; while the PS3 thread, in its first 6 months, had only 6 pages.
Very impressive stats for Popcorn, considering that it's such a new gadget!
