I think the blue laser is a long ways off still, and I also think when it does finally appear it is going to be pretty damn high priced.

12x DVD drives (and even 16x) will be out not too terribly much longer. But, like I have said before, media needs to keep up with the burn speeds of the new drives or it really does the consumer no good to buy a 16x burner if 8x media is still hard to come by...