I personally like Rudess, comon he has a Piranah(sp?) on his rig during Live at Budokan. He also seems very happy to be at all of the concerts, I like how he really gets in to and enjoys all of their music.
Blu-Ray probably won't pick up for awhile(if it does) because the price of blu-ray players needs to drop in order for them to sell. HD-DVD is working out better than Blu-Ray as of right now. More Info: http://slashdot.org/articles/06/08/01/1556229.shtml
Heh, I just noticed this. I meant to say avatar. How dumb of me.
Anyway, I've been interested in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs ever since I first heard of them, so maybe in 3 years I can afford a player! (They're ridiculously expensive, aren't they?)