Do we actually need a disc? Blu-Ray's future uncertain

[Blu-ray Neo]

Originally Posted by FriedEggs

And I'm guessing "Toshiba" will eventually be the ones to spearhead the streaming revolution.

As Blu-ray Neo said, people (myself included) like having the physical property of the film. It's tangible and portable. Music (a la iTunes) has caught on as a downloadable medium simply because most songs downloaded are less than 10 minutes long. Also, it's single-sensory (hearing only) as opposed to movies, which are visual as well. That's a heck of a lot more information to compress which videophiles are staunchly against.

BINGO!

If people think DRM is bad, can you imagine how bad it will be with downloads? The studios already rape us in regards to fair use and if you enable downloads, you're just going to make it worse. I want the best possible sound and picture my money can buy and downloads just cannot offer what BD does. PERIOD!

Downloads can kiss my lilly white.......

[Cinema Jaguar]

Originally Posted by Crim122

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/cont...40832-135.html

I hate that I agree with a lot of these articles

Eventually when we have hd plug-in cards that hold huge amounts of data then yes discs will be obsolete.

Think of it this way,components can or will be smaller and with the drive removed there can be less mechanical failure.

[Trekker4Life]

The article is crap. Heck, Honda Automobiles even took a heavy profit loss this year... let me repeat that... Honda. Blu-ray's win just came at a bad time for the industry. Downloads will never replace physical media like Blu-ray in my opinion.