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

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Netflix’s bitrates are so low for HD, I doubt it’s a issue. . Add to that, improved compression breakthroughs and HD is the very least we should expect these days, world ending or not!

Wouldn’t fancy watching SD on a projector or Micro LED wall display.

Also, Don’t forget many major video streamers are considering offering gaming packages also. They won’t put up with SD streaming games in this day and age. The gaming industry is HUGE, way bigger than tv and film.

Like a dumb ass, I stayed up all night playing an online video game with a friend that lives in New Zealand- six hour time difference between us. I am not supposed to be doing stupid sheet like this.

While streaming pollutes the world with its voracious consumption of dirty energy, my friend and I were saving it in our video game. It all balances out.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by gotmule

I am not a 3d guy for some reason, so will probably pass.

That's odd. You seem so much more substantive than a cardboard cutout.



Congrats on your new toy!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Like a dumb ass, I stayed up all night playing an online video game with a friend that lives in New Zealand- six hour time difference between us. I am not supposed to be doing stupid sheet like this.

While streaming pollutes the world with its voracious consumption of dirty energy, my friend and I were saving it in our video game. It all balances out.

Multiplayer can be incredibly addictive. I did a similar thing years ago thinking it was around midnight when 8 came off. It was early hours of the morning!

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Multiplayer can be incredibly addictive. I did a similar thing years ago thinking it was around midnight when 8 came off. It was early hours of the morning!

Who needs heroin when we have its virtual cousin with multiplayer online video gaming? I needed to use that scalper priced new video card that I acquired a few months back, too. Our extravagances must be justified by actually using them.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by bhampton

All it takes is a letter to a local representative. This green up stuff is hot right now.

My representative in the U.S. Congress once threw a hissy fit on the House floor complaining vehemently that the job required too much reading. Apparently, filling out deposit slips for the campaign contributions from his corporate donors is the only reading that he cares to do.

[bhampton]

[bhampton]

About the so called future.... Is anyone else tired of Zuckerberg and Facebook yet?

I left Facebook and I'm much happier. I don't need his Metaverse. The more I think it over the less virtual things I need.

I hope his metaverse drops like a lead balloon but it's facebook and lots of people eat that stuff up.

Facebook is Now Meta
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/...erberg-rebrand

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by bhampton

About the so called future.... Is anyone else tired of Zuckerberg and Facebook yet?

I left Facebook and I'm much happier. I don't need his Metaverse. The more I think it over the less virtual things I need.

I hope his metaverse drops like a lead balloon but it's facebook and lots of people eat that stuff up.

Facebook is Now Meta
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/...erberg-rebrand

It’s not just Facebook who will be investing billions in the Metaverse. By the time the Metaverse is fully realised, I may be in a verse of my own.

[bhampton]

It looks like PS Home to me.

I have the oculus go and I guess that may stop working as they said they would only support it for a year or so a while back... after facebook bought it.

I have PSVR and there's always talk of Apple developing something esp with AR.

I suppose it won't affect how I watch movies for the time being.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by bhampton

It looks like PS Home to me.

I have the oculus go and I guess that may stop working as they said they would only support it for a year or so a while back... after facebook bought it.

I have PSVR and there's always talk of Apple developing something esp with AR.

I suppose it won't affect how I watch movies for the time being.

I believe they claimed it (Augmented Reality glasses) would cut down on emissions by eliminating laptops, desktops, projectors, tv screens, consoles etc..
Also, by enabling people to have work meetings without being actually present so saving on travel.

Yeah, right! Not this side of 2040 it won’t.

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

Seriously? Dammit !!!!

What were you quoted? Considering supply chains right now, I would be amazed if it landed before the end of the year.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

I decided to redeem the 3-month Apple Music subscription to stream music and I went right to the Dune soundtrack in Atmos and it was phenomenal. The Sketchbook version is also available in Atmos. It's my first time listening to music in Atmos and I like what I have heard.

It's a shame that the soundtrack didn't get a high-res physical release. I would definitely have been willing to pay a premium for that. Still, I've been pretty satisfied with just listening to the regular CD. Do you think the Sketchbook version sounds sufficiently different to warrant a purchase?

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Just wrapped up S4 of Last Kingdom on Netflix. I read that there won't be a final season 5, but that they will make a feature film to wrap it all up.

nope season 5 is coming

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/new...o-far-10-2021/

The Last Kingdom will return for a movie after season 5

In late October 2021, Netflix announced that there will be a movie meaning that season 5 isn’t quite the final season we expected it to be.

Filming is set to commence in early 2022 on the new movie with Alexander Dreymon returning to reprise his role.

Exactly what story will be covered in the movie is yet to be seen, with producer Nigel Marchant saying that season 5 “fully concludes the series” but added, “there was always one more story that we wanted to tell.”

The new movie will be titled “SEVEN KINGS MUST DIE”.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by gotmule

What were you quoted? Considering supply chains right now, I would be amazed if it landed before the end of the year.

I am hoping I'm in on the first or second wave but there is no data yet on how big the shipments will be. And, I don't know my place in the que. I heard someone else say they were told they were at #39 and seeing how the PS5 availability went I would hope I get in sooner and had a number lower.

If it's here for Xmas I'm happy.

If it's not ... well, I'm still not going to cancel. Maybe by the time it arrives I can afford it.

I will likely get the 3D dongle and maybe even a new screen but one thing at a time.

-Brian

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

He still says it, too.

The streaming genie is long out of the bottle; it ain't going back in and while its quality may not improve by much, it won't go backwards and reduce it. Hell, if streaming lowered their video quality, it would become radio.

Necessity is the mother of invention and all that. We will produce more clean renewable energy as we are increasingly forced to do so. It's not like we don't have the ability, but so long as polluting sources are cheaper we will keep sucking at that teat for as long as we can even if we are choking on the air while doing it.

Some of the stuff I mentioned seems to be getting brought up regarding climate change. The most worrying being climate rations. Every person, every household would have a carbon ration (allowance) and going over it would mean an extra charge. You can guess where I’m going with this.

Also, one of our celebs (Joanna Lumley) suggests going back to WW2 rationing, with luxury items more expensive. Hilarious, considering she has travelled all over the world and lived a life of luxury.

I wonder how the entertainment industry would survive a carbon rationing legislation.

[bhampton]

The writing is on the walls, Most companies are boasting a goal of going carbon neutral by some upcoming year.

Makes me very glad I have a solar energy producing home. I was happy the system got installed and is up and running.

I hope I do enough for the enviornment to get a pass for watching movies using my new energy efficient home theater.



I'm trying to decide on 10 movies to have on list to view on my new projector if I get it while I'm still alive....

Lucy, Blade Runner 2049, No Time To Die, Jaws, Crawl, 47 Meters Down Uncaged, Godzilla vs Kong, Knock Knock, Underworld, LotR

There's way more than 10 but I want be ready anyway.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It’s already arrived. I haven’t had time to set it up as my sister is poorly again.

sorry to hear wish her all the best.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I got that email, too, but I can't afford to take advantage of that offer right now. There remain too many uncertainties for me to make a big ticket purchase as things stand. My next pivotal appointment is coming up on Nov. 15th; I have to wait and see how that goes.

good luck

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Streaming is bad for the environment and somehow this article puts extra blame on Netflix for some reason. (I'm ok with that because I don't like NF.)

Streaming’s dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...uantity-of-co2

I did not see it as extra blame on NF. They just used a metric posted by NF to do some calculations.

The truth is too many people are oblivious to the impact on-line reality has on the planet

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Like the article said, the tech is there to cut emissions so if things get really bad, the titans Luke Apple, Netflix and Google will put their resources towards that.

I disagree.
1) No incentive to do so. Let me put it this way, let's say someone starts greenflix,
green flix has
a) only 200 films
b) bad films you never heard of
c) charge twice what Netflix charges

will you drop Netflix and go with Greenflix? do you think others will do the same?
what if only two of those choices are true and the last one matches Netflix would that change the answers you just gave what if it is just one.

2)the power is not really in their hands. It does not matter if we are talking Netflix or Blu-ray.com or any other on-line service. I have an internet connection (If greenISP exists I can pick it otherwise neither I nor the site I use can do anything) a signal leaves my ISP and runs over many networks and machines (none of us have a choice on the signal path) it gets to a server (Netflix, blu-ray.com don't own it so they can't decide how green it will be) then that machine sends something back.

Don't get me wrong in theory the company that owns the web service could ask, push and pay for greener alternatives from the host but then that brings us back to my first point.