Thread: Oh noes teh sky is falling! - Page 102 - Blu-ray Forum

Quote: Originally Posted by krazeyeyez Your right no one with IPODS, Video capable phones, or other devices has any interest in downloads. These digital copies are their as coasters. I mean people do not want that stuff. LMFAO. Dude i am obviously not gonna sway your opinion, and i am obviously not gonna buy your FUD, so have fun with your wall of texts as to why blu-ray is the last format ever and why the internet is gonna crash into flames...

Quote: Originally Posted by Anthony P if no one is offering it, then there is a reason, the issue is that you fail to realize the obvious, I know a lot of people that go to torrent sites and DL shaky cams, what they like is that it is free and early. That is not the question, ask those people if they are willing to pay BD prices for BD quality movies and DVD prices for DVD quality. Then you get the real answer. it is not a matter of obsessed...

Again, you're using purchased downloads and streamed "rentals" interchangeably. Rental services like Netflix with streaming are successful and will continue to be successful. The people who are open to these services aren't the ones who buy new as much anyway. You mention Hulu. I really don't think you get what I'm saying. Purchased downloads won't catch on any time soon. Streamed rentals WILL. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by robinandtami Obviously I meant music over the internet. Who profits off of various websites is completely irrelevant to the issue of competition between telecoms. In the end, it's not what the consumer NEEDS that fosters advancement... it's what the consumer WANTS. It's a simple fact that competition to attract more customers by doing a better job of giving customers what they want has driven...

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan69969 As I recall, music was fairly prevalent before the Internet came along. As for Youtube...who is making money off of that? Free market competition only works if there's some actual profit to be found. Google and some partners maybe pulling some ad revenue...maybe. Sure, youtube is indicative of an interesting cultural phenomenon, but people would just as easily tune it out if it became pay-to-play....

Quote: Originally Posted by robinandtami The only thing that shows is that internet capabilities are growing far faster than was imagined, but it's not something that can't be overcome with infrastructure upgrades that WILL be done. It's not like they are going to just let the internet break and say "oh well." It's far to important to society now. I am not saying they are going to let it break and the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange DVDs can't go online, fetch updates or additional extras, or allow you to chat with others while you're watching the film. DVDs don't usually let you bookmark scenes or share clips. They don't let you access the menu while the movie itself is running. And they don't offer seamless branching (...I don't think). Just to clarify, DVD has actually offered seamless branching...

Was DVD adopted faster than Blu-ray? When I left California in 1999, and came to Taiwan, VHS was still going strong there and here. DVDs weren't cheap and players were very expensive. Don't remember a lot of friends being into DVDs or HT at that time. But I was 24 and had a younger group of friends, HT was not affordable for most of us, just getting out of college. What do you old guys say, the ones that were in their 30's or...

Quote: Originally Posted by benricci Just to clarify, DVD has actually offered seamless branching for well over a decade. Oops, I never noticed. For a whole decade nonetheless, isn't that bad? Sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by brettallica I'm just saying...writing all that data. So you'd be copying from the Blu-ray player, to your media server, over the network. That would freak me out. I would fear data loss/corruption/etc, especially when dealing with files of such a large size, like 50GB. Do you follow what I'm saying? It could be that I misunderstood the way your system is going to work, too. I don't think there...