Thread: We are creatures of hard media by habit.

Quote: Originally Posted by Travis ... If someone places convenience and price over quality then downloads are better. Not in my book. I'm not switching to downloads or going back to DVDs just for to save a few hundred dollars each year. The important thing is not to develop an "us vs them" mentality. Obviously, for some of us quality is important. This being a blu-ray forum, I am sure it is high on the list of media...

Tron3, Is there anything I can do to stop illegal downloads? One of my favorite pastimes was flipping through CDs and DVDs at every store I came across, in the mall, department stores, music stores and even my local grocery store. I used to visit a Tower store in San Diego, which is a city that has many music listeners. I sadly say 'used to' because it closed. Not enough people were buying their CDs or DVDs. Hats off to the Mods...

Quote: Originally Posted by Travis My friend downloaded a Diana Krall CD from iTunes (I think it is uncompressed, not sure). He said the quality wasn't as good as the CD. I trust him and have never spent money on iTunes. All music available on iTunes (and any other download service) is compressed. Apple uses the AAC format. Of course it's not gonna sound as good as a CD, which has the full, uncompressed PCM audio. Uncompressed audio...

I downloaded some stuff but it is much more satisfying owning a hard copy __________________ 60 inch Pioneer Kuro,42 Visio 1080P,32 Phillips 1080P Onkyo 806 Reciever(I know) PS3 80 Gig(old one) PS3 Slim PSP 3000 Xbox360 Harmony 880 Nintendo Wii

Quote: Originally Posted by Travis So why do people download music? CDs are better. Because the gain in quality generally isn't worth it for the hardware they're putting out the media on, not to mention how helpful portability is. This is not the case with movies, where a typical movie watcher will have an HDTV and would benefit from higher quality than is available in legit downloads. Quote: Is the answer, ignorance and stupidity....

Another reason that I don't download movies anymore. My coworker got a cease and dissest letter from his ISP today from nbc/universal because he downloaded a movie a couple weeks ago. lame.

I am getting more and more into a mix of digital and hard copy for my movies. Movies that I plan to watch over and over, I definitely want on disk that so I can watch it anytime and anywhere. For something I plan to watch once maybe twice, it's cheaper and easier to just have a digital copy that is cheap and easily removed. I view digital as more of a rental versus ownership and have been using it as such. I've found that both...

I only disagree on the theaters in my experience sometimes people just want to leave there house, the theater provides a quiet, air conditioned place to watch a quality cinema at a price in some areas that is cheaper then renting a movie. It gives you the ability to walk away from your life, almost like video games and enjoy something without worring about your boss, or did I finish that paper... Most times its a escape from the house... Oh...

Quote: Originally Posted by Afrobean Try giving some full albums a chance. I personally have yet to listen to a full album that I didn't enjoy in full... other than maybe Will Smith's Big Willie Style that I got in my youth... For example, I really like the song "Perfect Situation" by Weezer on their album Make Believe. But if I had just downloaded that one song, I never would have come to appreciate the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tron3 Back in the day people played music from hardened wax cylinders on a Victrolla. I believe they played music from wax cylinders on a Victor Talking Machine, not a Victrolla. The Victrolla came later with wax discs. __________________ Kristin