Could movie downloads kill off the portable DVD player?

[tron3]

Originally Posted by ben7ben3

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think about it, music downloads are so much easier than cds, etc. but people still buy cds, and they will continue to do so, because you actually own the thing and don't have to rely on a file, or backing up a file, etc.

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I worked at Radio Shack from 11/02 to 4/04, and several months part time thereafter. I saw a lot of the younger generation complaining they couldn't fit all their songs onto one device. Such whiny people. Here is where I begin to sound like an old person, but try to appreciate what I am saying as I am very youthful in heart and appearance. I just have a lot more experience.

(Old speak) Back in my day.... We had hand held transistor radios and were glad to have them. If you didn't like the music you changed the station. The Sony Walkman with cassette brought it to a new level as now you had stereo ear buds and a chance to play your own music. Same with portable CD.

But the younger people being the "gimmie now" generation demand to put all their eggs in one basket. Anyone else recall the saying, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". Well, I reminded the young people of that all the time and the perils of putting all their music in one place. "BACK IT UP". Well, perhaps a few listened. But I heard a few complaints from people who lost all their music on their hard drive because they blindly trusted the technology. They litterally lost thousands of songs and hundreds of hours in download time from a simple hard drive crash.

But the "I deserve it" generation demands to put thousands of songs onto one device so they can spend the entire week detached from the real world with buds pounding against their ear drums. Deafness will be the new cancer among young people for the new millenium. Now, what does this have to do with movies?

Movies on a hard drive is having all your eggs in one basket. The greatness of disc is you can bring it to your friends house and watch it on his home theater if it is better than yours, or he just has the space for a bunch of the guys to come over.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by tron3

I worked at Radio Shack from 11/02 to 4/04, and several months part time thereafter. I saw a lot of the younger generation complaining they couldn't fit all their songs onto one device. Such whiny people. Here is where I begin to sound like an old person, but try to appreciate what I am saying as I am very youthful in heart and appearance. I just have a lot more experience.

(Old speak) Back in my day.... We had hand held transistor radios and were glad to have them. If you didn't like the music you changed the station. The Sony Walkman with cassette brought it to a new level as now you had stereo ear buds and a chance to play your own music. Same with portable CD.

But the younger people being the "gimmie now" generation demand to put all their eggs in one basket. Anyone else recall the saying, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". Well, I reminded the young people of that all the time and the perils of putting all their music in one place. "BACK IT UP". Well, perhaps a few listened. But I heard a few complaints from people who lost all their music on their hard drive because they blindly trusted the technology. They litterally lost thousands of songs and hundreds of hours in download time from a simple hard drive crash.

But the "I deserve it" generation demands to put thousands of songs onto one device so they can spend the entire week detached from the real world with buds pounding against their ear drums. Deafness will be the new cancer among young people for the new millenium. Now, what does this have to do with movies?

Movies on a hard drive is having all your eggs in one basket. The greatness of disc is you can bring it to your friends house and watch it on his home theater if it is better than yours, or he just has the space for a bunch of the guys to come over.

I agree with you 100%.

For the record, I like the idea of downloading music as an alternative to CDs, but mostly because I'm the type of person that if I buy a CD, it's usually for one song and I most often don't end up caring for the rest of the album, hence making the download purchase the better option.

But yes, for the love of God BACK IT UP. Burn some discs, get an extra external Hard Drive that can be hooked to any computer... somthing! Don't 100% rely on this one medium to be fail safe.

Having said that, I don't see movie downloads ever being as popular as music downloads. You really aren't going to get the same advantage with movies that you do with music since I woud think the vast majority of people would be buying movies to have the entire movie and not just one portion of it. And given how much space would be needed to store many 2 hour movies, it just wouldn't be efficient at all.

[Cobalt]

Originally Posted by tron3

But the "I deserve it" generation demands to put thousands of songs onto one device so they can spend the entire week detached from the real world with buds pounding against their ear drums. Deafness will be the new cancer among young people for the new millenium. Now, what does this have to do with movies?

Sorry, but this comment is a little proprietary. Does it harm you in any way when these kids "detach" and listen to their music at high volumes? Does it impede on your quality of life some how? As far as I know - that should not effect you the least bit. I suppose you would rather see kids doing drugs, drinking and other questionable/illegal activities?

I don't see people posting comments about all the alcoholics we have in this world that drink/smoke to help "detach" themselves from the real world. Isn't that why most people drink?