I prefer 1080P whenever possible, however I will not be touching digital downloads as they are too costly for what you get, I can currently buy used blu-rays for under five dollars and can wait on anything else, along with being able to trade, sell, give away etc.. plus higher quality and cheaper.
I really do not purchase DVDs these days, the last time I did it was pawn shop finds for a bit over a dollar, it was cheaper then renting. It is not dated tech yet as it is still current, once they stop selling it and or have something better (digital downloads are not better yet) then there may be something said for it being dated.
Over the last year I am caring about owning films less then I used to, so I really just want to watch more then own, there is always renting online yet once again, too costly for what I am comfortable with, couple dollars? sure, five? Never.
I did actively try to move all software digital only and USB flash drive, was not too hard as most software does not require to be on DVDs anymore aside from Windows which also works fine on USB. DVD's are cheaper, then again it is not like I am burning discs every other day.