Why there will always be a need for a Physical Medium for Movies/Games

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Originally Posted by kurtlingle

Never, say never....

I hope blu-ray is around for a long time. I feel like streaming will always be less quality. I'd be fine with paying more for Streaming "full/xtras/high HD" content... but this stuff they stream now is terrible in my opinion and on par with DVD, not 1080p HD.

I prefer disk at this point. Plus, downloads should be like $1 for a 24 hour viewing, not $4-5 - what a ripoff.

I couldn't agree with you more. I use Netflix and Amazon but I have to say I like to be guaranteed actual surround sound and 7.1 audio instead of sometimes 5.1 and sometimes stereo. And look at cable TV providers. Not all of the content delivered on HD channels are 1080p, in fact most content from cable TV is 720p or at best 1080i. So why do people want to abandon the Physical Medium ship when its really the best and fastest way to deliver true 1080p content with all of the bells and whistles (with no annoying buffering requests (only an initial loading time)).