Are you less likely to buy HBO BDs now that they're streaming on Amazon Prime?

[PenguinMaster]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

You have a pretty dire view of technology. Personally, I don't need to possess a physical copy of everything I watch. I've thoroughly enjoyed movies on a 5" screen on the back of an airplane seat. It's all about the experience, not where the data resides. At some point soon, the discs will go away; however, the question is: How will that impact your experience as a film lover?

When something is only available via streaming the studios can take it away at any point. This has already happened with some TV shows, they were delisted from the sites that had them and they are no longer available for anyone (unless you resort to piracy).
When something is available on Blu-ray or DVD however many millions of copies that were made will continue to exist for decades (if not longer, it's impossible to know the shelf life of a Blu-ray at this point).
All control of the future existence of a particular movie or TV show rests with the millions of people who own it on DVD or Blu-ray.
If discs go away I will not be able to experience certain films after they are no longer popular, I'd say that is a pretty big impact.