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Originally Posted by danielsan4610
I'm 31 years old and I truly believe that the Blu-ray format will be the final piece of physical media I see in my lifetime.
I'm very old school when it comes to my media. I like a physical product. I want something tangible to look at, hold and have for display. Digital media doesn't excite me and I really don't just don't like the idea of the media I own being hosted on a server somewhere instead of in my possession.
That said, I know we are a dying breed. The majority of consumers don't care about having a physical product and are happy just paying their $1 at Redbox and dropping it off the next night.
So with the ending being nigh, should we stock up on Blu-ray? I have to say that it's really concerning to go into a Best Buy and see only 2 small rows for CDs, 3 for Blu-ray and maybe another 2 or 3 for DVD.
Sure digital technology will get better and broadband speeds will increase but again, I just can't get over having my media streamed to me and me not owning it.
So to end the rant, does anyone else feel this way? I think my goal now is to own every single movie I have ever enjoyed even slightly as a permanant archive on Blu-ray. It may be our last chance.
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well for one, like you said CDs are still extremely easy to find and music DL make more sense and have been around for 10 years+. If DL could not kill CD why would anyone assume it can do that with movies any more easily.
I buy BD now because that is what works now, what ever the future holds ids immaterial. There is no use DL now since no one offers DL that compares in any way with BD (quality is not there, ease of use is not there, cost is not better then BD). Ih in the future DL or something else is better then BD, I will switch then to it.
Personaly I think all this DL is the future is a load of BS. Just because it is a simple fact that now and foreseeable future the internet would not be able to handle what is needed for this. Just look at Rob's thread, Netflix just decided to downgrade the quality because too many people are having issues.