In rural Connecticut this type of theatre experience is thriving. The small local cinema reborn and catering to two profitable demographic groups, the young family with small children wanting a family night or afternoon with family oriented movies and the older baby boomers seeking a night out with dinner included in their neighborhood. Smart entrepreneurs are developing this small specialized type of movie experience. The demand is there. This is just the next level of choice that is being offered. You can see a movie at home, you can see it at the Mall with your 15 year old friends, or you can see it at a quiet small local theatre with dinner or lunch and your small children. You are still consuming movies the choices are just more numerous and more diverse.

If you think simultaneous release is still far off again just look at what Dell, Gateway, Microsoft and other manufactures are focusing on. The home media center computer. One that does it all and integrates with your TV or home theatre set up. The application to download large media files , Bit Torrent, is already here and is being exposed to a wider audience. Now the application just has to be made easier for the general public to use. I should think that would not be too hard for a room full of engineers.