I guess these expensive systems you are reffering to actually download the DVD onto their hard drives terabyte type (1000 Gigs) and can hold a lot of DVDs I see downsides there but yes they must be quicker than changer based systems. But how about accessing are both systems equal there...if I know exactly what I want I can take it off the shelf and stick it in my DVD player and there it is. I guess I want it to do my thinking for me...weird huh.