Hi, my name is Sujal. I have been a long time customer, and a long time fan of your products. I collect movies, and really believe in the value of film to our collective culture. That being said, I’m just writing to say that I no longer will purchase HD DVDs or BluRay discs and will only buy those movies I really want on regular DVDs. The reason is simple: I want to be able to use the purchase I made on as many different platforms as I can. As an owner of several computers and multiple portable video devices (PSP, iPhone), I want to be able to pay a reasonable fee once and use that movie on all of these platforms.

With DVDs, I can do this. With HD media, I can’t. So, I’ll save myself about $10 and get the DVD copy. That’s $10 you don’t get, and $10 you won’t get because, trust me, I’m not spending more than once for a movie I already own.

On top of that, because your anti-copy technologies (AACS on HD-DVDs and BluRay and CSS on DVDs) actually don’t do anything meaningful to stop piracy but only interfere with your customers’ legal and fair use of these products, I will continue to restrict my DVD purchases to those movies at the top of my collectable list.

Please consider getting your heads out of your collective asses and recognizing that you’re costing yourselves money by alienating people like me who have always been (and would otherwise continue to be) your best customers.

Thanks,

Sujal

PS. At least this makes my wife happy.