Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Vilya]

[quote=Phillip c. Niethe;17457812][quote=Vilya;17457704]

Originally Posted by Phillip c. Niethe

Hahaa, I didn't say they were my friends. On a slightly lateral note, if Streaming services both legal and illegal were removed then rental stores would pop back up like weeds.

And if movies, TV shows, and video games were removed, maybe people would read more?

If the entire internet was removed, maybe real social skills would improve and all manner of brick and mortar stores would see a resurgence?

Products and services should stand or fall upon their merits.

The streaming genie is out of the bottle and it ain't going back in.

[Vilya]

I do not really want to post hints that narrow down where I live, so I do offer this article about an independent video rental store in Charlotte, NC dated Jan. 18, 2020 a full decade after Lee said no such stores existed:

https://www.wfae.org/post/viva-visar...rofit#stream/0

It only takes a single example to prove an "all this or all that" claim to be wrong.

Is that anywhere near to you, Wendell? If so, maybe you can visit them and have a retro good time?

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Is that anywhere near to you, Wendell?

About 90 miles to the east. As we travel around western NC we will still see some mon & pop stores. A map of some here. The Ingles food stores used to have video rental sections but most have been replaced with one or more Redbox kiosk.

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I do not really want to post hints that narrow down where I live, so I do offer this article about an independent video rental store in Charlotte, NC dated Jan. 18, 2020 a full decade after Lee said no such stores existed:

https://www.wfae.org/post/viva-visar...rofit#stream/0

It only takes a single example to prove an "all this or all that" claim to be wrong.

Is that anywhere near to you, Wendell? If so, maybe you can visit them and have a retro good time?

Family Video still has over 500 locations in North America which might not even be considered Mom and Pop.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by gotmule

Family Video still has over 500 locations in North America which might not even be considered Mom and Pop.

I have three of those near me; not sure if they are corporate owned or franchised.

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I have three of those near me; not sure if they are corporate owned or franchised.

Looks like corporate. Here is a pretty good article talking about how they have stayed alive.

https://www.newsweek.com/blockbuster...thanks-1035453

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

About 90 miles to the east. As we travel around western NC we will still see some mon & pop stores. A map of some here. The Ingles food stores used to have video rental sections but most have been replaced with one or more Redbox kiosk.

You must be sharing the same hallucination then as we have it on very high "authority" that there are no mom and pop video rental stores still in existence.

[SCLee]

Interesting article here:

"While there are indications that 8k content will eventually come to streaming services, Chris Chinnock, executive director of the 8K Association, ruled out 8k content on physical media. “The Blu-ray Disc Association is not looking at 8k,” he told Inside CI. “Discussions could start again, but I see this as a low probability.”

Chinnock confirmed that outside of IMAX, there’s no studio representation in the 8k Association. “That's not surprising. In many ways, studios are almost the last ones to get on board,” he says. “They will want to see everything else in the ecosystem ready, with a certain level of installed base. They're very bottom line oriented.”

http://www.insideci.co.uk/news/uhd-8...ay-format.aspx

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by SCLee

Interesting article here:

"While there are indications that 8k content will eventually come to streaming services, Chris Chinnock, executive director of the 8K Association, ruled out 8k content on physical media. “The Blu-ray Disc Association is not looking at 8k,” he told Inside CI. “Discussions could start again, but I see this as a low probability.”

Chinnock confirmed that outside of IMAX, there’s no studio representation in the 8k Association. “That's not surprising. In many ways, studios are almost the last ones to get on board,” he says. “They will want to see everything else in the ecosystem ready, with a certain level of installed base. They're very bottom line oriented.”

http://www.insideci.co.uk/news/uhd-8...ay-format.aspx

I am not holding my breath for any 8K content from the studios, digital or physical.

The only way 8K TVs will become commonplace is if they only offer such TVs in the future as is pretty much the case with 4K TVs today. Until 8K TVs are adopted by a substantial number of people, I doubt that the studios will ever care about offering 8K content and maybe not even then.

While people certainly buy 4K TVs because they want to watch 4K content, many others buy them only because that is mostly what is offered now.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by SCLee

Interesting article here:

"While there are indications that 8k content will eventually come to streaming services, Chris Chinnock, executive director of the 8K Association, ruled out 8k content on physical media. “The Blu-ray Disc Association is not looking at 8k,” he told Inside CI. “Discussions could start again, but I see this as a low probability.”

Chinnock confirmed that outside of IMAX, there’s no studio representation in the 8k Association. “That's not surprising. In many ways, studios are almost the last ones to get on board,” he says. “They will want to see everything else in the ecosystem ready, with a certain level of installed base. They're very bottom line oriented.”

http://www.insideci.co.uk/news/uhd-8...ay-format.aspx

8K is likely to be implemented in VR displays first. They are of much greater importance for lenses where a higher resolution is required to display video/graphics in a 360 degree immersive environment.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I am not holding my breath for any 8K content from the studios, digital or physical.

The only way 8K TVs will become commonplace is if they only offer such TVs in the future as is pretty much the case with 4K TVs today. Until 8K TVs are adopted by a substantial number of people, I doubt that the studios will ever care about offering 8K content and maybe not even then.

While people certainly buy 4K TVs because they want to watch 4K content, many others buy them only because that is what is offered.

It is said that some early 8K displays have superb upscaling capabilities. Worth it just for that.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It is said that some early 8K displays have superb upscaling capabilities. Worth it just for that.

I have read the same and I am very open to considering them. I have yet to see one in action and I will reserve judgment until I do.

The article refers to screens above 80" as "super large" and I have to say that screens in this size range are impressive. I am still mesmerized by mine and it is just 4K.

I will not even consider a Samsung TV while they continue their refusal to support Dolby Vision. A super premium 8K TV should support everything and so should their 4K TVs, IMO.

[SCLee]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

8K is likely to be implemented in VR displays first. They are of much greater importance for lenses where a higher resolution is required to display video/graphics in a 360 degree immersive environment.

It would make sense as you need to be sitting closer to take advantage of 8K. I have no interest in games or VR but to those that do, it'll be good.

[SCLee]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It is said that some early 8K displays have superb upscaling capabilities. Worth it just for that.

Yeah, I don't wanna get into this again (lol), but reports state that if you move away from the TV, just two inches, it looks like 4K. I'm sure that the bigger the screen, the more benefits, but for me, I'm sticking with 55 inch and so there will be no benefit. They don't even make them in 55 inches.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by SCLee

They don't even make them in 55 inches.

Yes they do!

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...?skuId=6355633

It's calling your name.....buy me SCLee....buy me NOW!

[SCLee]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Yes they do!

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...?skuId=6355633

It's calling your name.....buy me SCLee....buy me NOW!

Ha ha, I think I'll pass at that price

I'm surprised though, as the smallest size was supposed to be 65 inch.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by SCLee

Ha ha, I think I'll pass at that price

I'm surprised though, as the smallest size was supposed to be 65 inch.

A pity that you won't buy it; the irony woulda been delicious if you were the first among us to own an 8K TV.

[SCLee]

Originally Posted by Vilya

A pity you that you won't buy it; the irony woulda been delicious if you were the first among us to own an 8K TV.

Ha. It would but my OLED is only 6 months old!

Unless I hear differently (sitting at the distance I sit - 8 feet), there will be no difference between a 4K and an 8K set (at just 55 inches.) I would be throwing 2 and a half grand down the drain, literally! [But not literally.]

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by SCLee

Yeah, I don't wanna get into this again (lol), but reports state that if you move away from the TV, just two inches, it looks like 4K. I'm sure that the bigger the screen, the more benefits, but for me, I'm sticking with 55 inch and so there will be no benefit. They don't even make them in 55 inches.

I don’t listen to such reports. I’m the judge of quality, not some random nobody writing a blog or article.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Yes they do!

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...?skuId=6355633

It's calling your name.....buy me SCLee....buy me NOW!

Stare at me and you will see
This 8K beauty is coming for SCLee.