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Petra_Kalbrain · 10-12-2007, 10:09 PM

In this weeks Nxtbook online magazine there is a disturbing article that suggests a Microshit attitude from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Have a read on page 19. The article titled, "Warner Exec Says Digital Offers More Shelf Space".

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...1407/index.php

The good news is still that the sales week ending Oct 7th showed Blu-ray over HD DVD by a ranking of (68%:32%). Take a look on page 3 for that information.

owa · 10-12-2007, 10:09 PM

Yeah, that article bothered me a little also.

cartier · 10-12-2007, 10:12 PM

I think it has to deal more with on demand services and the question still remains whether or not it will be in hi-def.

Manco · 10-12-2007, 10:18 PM

Chill. We all need to stop getting lathered up over this.

Studios and enterainment companies are in the content business first and foremost. They will look to all sorts of revenue streams to re-purpose content in various configurations. That includes Blu-ray, downloads, iTunes, etc... We are doing our part to ensure that Blu-ray continues to represent a significant revenue stream. And besides, full 1080p streaming downloads for a majority of the USA population is way off.

We need to learn to live with this. It is the future....like it or not.

Titan · 10-12-2007, 10:20 PM

that in conjunction with this:

Quote:

Until recently, the Internet2 had a theoretical limit of 10 gigabits per second, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections.

By sending data using 10 different colors, or wavelengths, of light over a single cable, operators are boosting the network's capacity to 100 Gbps.

That means a high-quality version of the movie "The Matrix" could be sent in a few seconds rather than half a minute over the old Internet2 and several hours over a typical home broadband line.

good thing that isn't up and running in our homes yet.

Link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301249,00.html

ps3andlovinit · 10-12-2007, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manco

Chill. We all need to stop getting lathered up over this.

Yep.

mnelsoneorm · 10-12-2007, 10:28 PM

uhhh, yeah, whatever. I have a nice fast Comcast connection that downloads about 800-900k per second. That's still way to slow to download a whole HD movie though. This might be ok if you have FIOS...but even then....I'd rather have the disk. Then I can just watch it whenever I want and not have to worry about download times or storage space....or technical problems such as a disk failure resulting in the loss of my copy of the movie. Nope! Not quite ready for prime time.

They can talk all they want but I think we're at least 5 years away from FIOS becoming common enough to make this attractive to most consumers. And even with MP3s being so common (and have been for years now) music discs still sell. Why? Because people want to buy something real. If I'm not getting a disc then it better be at least 75% off the price of the disc. And I better be able to store a copy of it, not just a pay per view or something stuck on my cable box that I can't port over to another player. I think we've seen how well that's gone over for the music industry. I don't care what they say or what the friggin license says....If I've paid for it then it is mine and I damn well better be able to watch it wherever and whenever I want. Hence I don't own an iPod or mess around with iTunes or those stupid m4a files or whatever they are (my girlfriend has one and I hate it, if it worked then I wouldn't have to get her music back for her all the time). I can play MP3s on my HTC mogul and they're just copies of the ones on my laptop that I dumped onto the memory card, which are copies of my CD collection (also copied to my PS3).

Ok, sorry for the rant! This is a huge sore spot for me because I had bought a lot of music on CD before the MP3 thing became such a big deal and now they're trying to tell me what I can do with what I bought.

Banjo · 10-12-2007, 10:40 PM

Did anyone hear that Warner Bros. will be offering digital downloads for these who buy the new Harry Potter movie? At least 2 version from what I know, one for iPod and one for computer uses. At least that's what I recall reading the article.

Clark Kent · 10-13-2007, 12:54 AM

This digital download meme for HDTV needs to be put to rest. 50% of the US doesn't even have access to the broadband necessary to download 30-40 GBs in a reasonable manner. It's a pipe dream that is really a decade or more away.

The only people pushing this are people thinking they can make a lot of money off of it like Microsoft, who envision this huge computer infrastructure in homes needing Microsoft software to run it. They view this as a growth driver for their "eco-system" of products.

10-12-2007, 10:09 PM	#1
Petra_Kalbrain Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Vancouver, BC 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:561 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:20	Warner Downloads? In this weeks Nxtbook online magazine there is a disturbing article that suggests a Microshit attitude from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Have a read on page 19. The article titled, "Warner Exec Says Digital Offers More Shelf Space". http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...1407/index.php The good news is still that the sales week ending Oct 7th showed Blu-ray over HD DVD by a ranking of (68%:32%). Take a look on page 3 for that information.

10-12-2007, 10:18 PM	#4
Manco Special Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Tucumcari	Chill. We all need to stop getting lathered up over this. Studios and enterainment companies are in the content business first and foremost. They will look to all sorts of revenue streams to re-purpose content in various configurations. That includes Blu-ray, downloads, iTunes, etc... We are doing our part to ensure that Blu-ray continues to represent a significant revenue stream. And besides, full 1080p streaming downloads for a majority of the USA population is way off. We need to learn to live with this. It is the future....like it or not. Last edited by Manco; 10-12-2007 at 10:23 PM.

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10-12-2007, 10:09 PM	#2
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	Yeah, that article bothered me a little also.

10-12-2007, 10:12 PM	#3
cartier Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Pacific NW	I think it has to deal more with on demand services and the question still remains whether or not it will be in hi-def.

10-12-2007, 10:28 PM	#7
mnelsoneorm Member Member since:Sep 2007	uhhh, yeah, whatever. I have a nice fast Comcast connection that downloads about 800-900k per second. That's still way to slow to download a whole HD movie though. This might be ok if you have FIOS...but even then....I'd rather have the disk. Then I can just watch it whenever I want and not have to worry about download times or storage space....or technical problems such as a disk failure resulting in the loss of my copy of the movie. Nope! Not quite ready for prime time. They can talk all they want but I think we're at least 5 years away from FIOS becoming common enough to make this attractive to most consumers. And even with MP3s being so common (and have been for years now) music discs still sell. Why? Because people want to buy something real. If I'm not getting a disc then it better be at least 75% off the price of the disc. And I better be able to store a copy of it, not just a pay per view or something stuck on my cable box that I can't port over to another player. I think we've seen how well that's gone over for the music industry. I don't care what they say or what the friggin license says....If I've paid for it then it is mine and I damn well better be able to watch it wherever and whenever I want. Hence I don't own an iPod or mess around with iTunes or those stupid m4a files or whatever they are (my girlfriend has one and I hate it, if it worked then I wouldn't have to get her music back for her all the time). I can play MP3s on my HTC mogul and they're just copies of the ones on my laptop that I dumped onto the memory card, which are copies of my CD collection (also copied to my PS3). Ok, sorry for the rant! This is a huge sore spot for me because I had bought a lot of music on CD before the MP3 thing became such a big deal and now they're trying to tell me what I can do with what I bought.

10-12-2007, 10:40 PM	#8
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	Did anyone hear that Warner Bros. will be offering digital downloads for these who buy the new Harry Potter movie? At least 2 version from what I know, one for iPod and one for computer uses. At least that's what I recall reading the article.

10-13-2007, 12:54 AM	#9
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	This digital download meme for HDTV needs to be put to rest. 50% of the US doesn't even have access to the broadband necessary to download 30-40 GBs in a reasonable manner. It's a pipe dream that is really a decade or more away. The only people pushing this are people thinking they can make a lot of money off of it like Microsoft, who envision this huge computer infrastructure in homes needing Microsoft software to run it. They view this as a growth driver for their "eco-system" of products.

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