Well, point in fact, DVD's have been obsolete ever since the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray battle was decided. I agree that the most common connector will likely be used if such an idea were to come about, so USB is a no-brainer. But the cost to manufacture thumb drives is far more than even a Blu-Ray disk. Manufacturers will of course use the more affordable option. I like your idea, but until we can make extremely cheap memory units, it's not going to happen. One approach could be pre-coded bubble-jet printed circuits that could be read like solid state drives by non-movable parts. The movie data could be encoded, printed and seal in a USB connected device. In fact, the USB device could be little more than a sleeve with the common necessary electronics for reading the data and the movie could be a printed insert placed in the sleeve (very much like a Sony memory stick adapter). The bubble jet printing method used to create functional, flat circuits using silicon and semiconductor material in the bubble jets has been around for quite a while. You might be onto something here! Heck, they used to the same technology to make a human ear! So why not?!

I think if you check with Best Buy they have movies on thumb drives.

S