@shawn - I think the problem with VideoPress is that guys like Matt Mullenweg and the other main Automattic guys, with their big personal followings, are now sufficiently distanced from the ordinary "blogger on the street" that they perceive the world in terms of one person broadcasting to many. For that reason, it seems natural to them that VideoPress should be a one-way street - the blog owner produces a video and his thousands of fans watch it in silent adoration.

Much of the original success of WordPress stemmed from it's ability to ignite conversations, the main Automattic guys have long sense moved beyond the point where comments really matter, they have a mass audience whenever they post, the comments are just a minor sideshow.

So, when considering a video product, they naturally drew from their current blogging perspective and geared it towards the one-way pulpit communication they have become accustomed to. It is a shame, because if the same decisions were being made a few years back, before WordPress and the people behind it became so hyped, VideoPress would have more closely reflected WordPress' two-way nature and included video comments.