One BIG advantage of BDs over DLs

[photorebel]

Is box sets;
Such as the latest Dirty Harry Collection.
I've only seen part of the first two (and oldest) films, and the picture quality is outstanding.
Who wants to download SIX films at a time, that won't be of the PQ and SQ of Blu-Ray?
Not me!

[wnicholas76]

Originally Posted by photorebel

Is box sets;
Such as the latest Dirty Harry Collection.
I've only seen part of the first two (and oldest) films, and the picture quality is outstanding.
Who wants to download SIX films at a time, that won't be of the PQ and SQ of Blu-Ray?
Not me!

Same here, my friend!

[SpikesBluBlooded]

There are several reasons against DL, but it's nice to add another to the list...

[DavePS3]

Here's what I popped in our company newsletter...

Microsoft. That name should send a few shivers up your spine, Billy. Dropping support of any and all of their older product and technology like they just touched an Ebola sample from the CDC, are they really the guys to back on film downloading? Are they worth supporting? They’re like a politician who constantly pulls the rug from under your feet on every issue you trusted them with. Ask anyone who has a Vista upgrade on their PC. HD-DVD was primarily backed by Microsoft as a precursor to downloading and we all know how that turned out but hey, now there’s a new thing! The wave of the foreseeable future and only Microsoft has had the foresight… the wherewithal… the big hairy sack of Kiwis enough to offer you, the hapless minions playing ’follow the blind man’, the newest, the greatest concept known to man. How great they art. Yeah...

Downloading is going to need a lot of bandwidth. It’s going to take a lot of convincing, for the average renter to run out and buy still more equipment. It’s going to take seamless, uninterrupted programs that look and sound as good as a hard disc, with 1080p DTS-MA and a library of titles bigger than what’s on Cinemax that month.

Will all titles be available? Hell no. Will the downloading be split between different services each offering different titles… be time consuming, interrupted, pixelized and full of audio drop-outs? Early reports say yes. Will anyone with a serious system want to bother with this weak attempt at a cash grab? Um… probably not.

The demographic that downloading is more suited to, is the movie renter. The people who go out to Blockbuster to grab a title their kid wants to see despite the terrible reviews. However Microsoft is aiming for the buyers too, the collectors who aren’t about to watch a movie on their computer or keep checking PPV for new films. (Let’s face it, PPV doesn’t do very well for movies. Sporting events are it’s real moneymaker.) Buyer/collectors generally love their great systems. They put a whack of dough into that down time. They want that time spent in front of the screen problem free, with perfect picture and sound and so far, hard disc Blu-Ray is the best way to get that. You can pull the title off your shelf anytime you want it, as many times as you like and it looks as good on the first playing as it does the 200’th for example. Downloading will kill that. Time limits on viewing or hard drive sitting times are being imposed so you’ll have to pay again for another download. Those viewing times, or how long that program stays in your hard drive, say 24 hrs. or 2 viewings within 12 hours and it’s gone, that type of thing, suck the proverbial bag. It’s DivX revisited. Screw that!

It’s a concept that as much as Microsoft is dying for us to jump on, just won’t work in the short or long term. Too much is against it, too much actual reality as opposed to fantasy and although Apple has built a better mousetrap, 29.95 for a new film in 720p D&D with the disc release still means that for the same price, you can buy the 1080p Blu-Ray & keep it.

[Nameless Evil]

Originally Posted by SpikesBluBlooded

There are several reasons against DL, but it's nice to add another to the list...

QFT

[EricJ]

Remember that "5000 previews included!" settop box, that was going to put VOD downloads in every living room?

http://www.electronista.com/articles...bo.shuts.down/

[MOONPHASE]

plus no physical media to carry around to take to your friends house if you get the dl version and also dl movies take up so much space you just feel like why should i bother and then eventually delete it once you watched it