Digital Distribution

[NThomas76207]

Could a STB that streams movies and music that can share with other CE devices replace the Blu-ray and other formats???

Bill Gates has said that digital distribution could be here in a matter of years.

[Rob]

If BB connections get quicker, say 10MBytes plus, then it's certainly feasible. Depends whether people will forgo the packaging and storage medium, and whether companies will risk sending out their movies in this way. Still, it's started with music, perhaps movies and games aren't that far behind. Perhaps you could even download reading material, books, magazines, novels etc?

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Rob

If BB connections get quicker, say 10MBytes plus, then it's certainly feasible. Depends whether people will forgo the packaging and storage medium, and whether companies will risk sending out their movies in this way. Still, it's started with music, perhaps movies and games aren't that far behind. Perhaps you could even download reading material, books, magazines, novels etc?

I'm one who'd rather have an actual disc with packaging than a file but as you state it's happening with music so I'm sure movies are next. I'm sure Blu-ray will have a nice lifetime but it'll have more competition with downloading and such than DVD ever has.