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

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

You really think that’s in the same league as the snark I get?

Only top tier snark for you.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Vilya

[Show spoiler]The Hal 9000 reference was partly due to my pondering the purchase of the upcoming 4K release of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Talk of central servers, artificial intelligence, and the recent invoking of the future depicted in Rollerball further reminded me of Hal. I thought it was slightly funny to mention him, nothing more consciously involved than that.

I have not had enough thyme to determine if you are a sage, but I find your posts to be mostly well seasoned while occasionally spicy.

[Show spoiler]You have a sharp wit applied with surgical skill. If I did not agree with you on something the first time it is perfectly possible I continued to disagree with you subsequent times and for the same initial reason. Different arguments, different responses; same argument, same responses. We ALL repeat ourselves here, especially when the same topics resurface.

I see what you did there... I both respect AND appreciate it!

[Steedeel]

I see Netflix are possibly about to offer a cheaper streaming option. Cheaper than £5.99 apparently. First in India I read then possible everywhere.
Now that says to me two things. First we are getting a mobile only, SD package, or secondly we are getting ads for the cheaper package. I think it will be the first option and another small piece of the ‘Steedeel future predictions for digital’ machine clicks into place.

Expect the following headline on tech sites in 6-7 years.

Netflix and rivals are now 85% watched on mobile devices

[The_Donster]

Why are you so caught up with how people stream Steedeel? You make it sound like the only way to watch is on a mobile device. It is a port, no different than a BD player, smart TV, gaming console etc. So what’s up with this constant madness prediction on the future? Nothing you’ve predicted has ever come true that wasn’t always on place

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

Why are you so caught up with how people stream Steedeel? You make it sound like the only way to watch is on a mobile device. It is a port, no different than a BD player, smart TV, gaming console etc. So what’s up with this constant madness prediction on the future? Nothing you’ve predicted has ever come true that wasn’t always on place

What others do has direct impact on tech. Availability, options etc.,

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

What others do has direct impact on tech. Availability, options etc.,

That's right. So stop buying games digitally that are available physically!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

That's right. So stop buying games digitally that are available physically!

I would if I could swap discs with a headset on.

[Groot]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I would if I could swap discs with a headset on.

Wireless headsets, bro!

I am so lame I game in these:



I have his full size helmet, but that's a little much.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I see Netflix are possibly about to offer a cheaper streaming option. Cheaper than £5.99 apparently. First in India I read then possible everywhere.

Did the article you read mention that Netflix is currently charging about about six times as much in India as Amazon Prime?

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Now that says to me two things. First we are getting a mobile only, SD package, or secondly we are getting ads for the cheaper package. I think it will be the first option and another small piece of the ‘Steedeel future predictions for digital’ machine clicks into place.

All this says to me is that somebody at Netflix must have cracked an Econ book at some point in his or her career.

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I would if I could swap discs with a headset on.

So you prefer digital games because they're more convenient than discs?

That seems reasonable enough.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by octagon

Did the article you read mention that Netflix is currently charging about about six times as much in India as Amazon Prime?



All this says to me is that somebody at Netflix must have cracked an Econ book at some point in his or her career.



So you prefer digital games because they're more convenient than discs?

That seems reasonable enough.

It’s not so much convenience as awkward to swap discs with a VR contraction on my heed!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Groot

Wireless headsets, bro!

I am so lame I game in these:



I have his full size helmet, but that's a little much.

I’m talking VR though Groot. A different level of trickiness my friend.

[Groot]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I’m talking VR though Groot. A different level of trickiness my friend.

Ahhhh, aren't most of those games digital only to begin with? A bunch I've watched play-throughs on are.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It’s not so much convenience as awkward to swap discs with a VR contraction on my heed!

con·ven·ient

/kənˈvēnyənt/
adjective
adjective: convenient

• fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans.
  "I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient"
  synonyms: suitable, appropriate, fitting, fit, suited, opportune, timely,
• well timed, favorable, advantageous, seasonable, expedient
  "a convenient time"
• involving little trouble or effort.
  "the new parking lot will make shopping much more convenient"
• situated so as to allow easy access to.
  "the 34-story building is convenient to downtown"
• synonyms: near (to), close to, within easy reach of, well situated for, handy for, not far from, just around the corner from; More
• occurring in a place or at a time that is useful.
  "put the blame on a convenient scapegoat"

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Groot

Ahhhh, aren't most of those games digital only to begin with? A bunch I've watched play-throughs on are.

Yes.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by octagon

con·ven·ient

/kənˈvēnyənt/
adjective
adjective: convenient

• fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans.
  "I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient"
  synonyms: suitable, appropriate, fitting, fit, suited, opportune, timely,
• well timed, favorable, advantageous, seasonable, expedient
  "a convenient time"
• involving little trouble or effort.
  "the new parking lot will make shopping much more convenient"
• situated so as to allow easy access to.
  "the 34-story building is convenient to downtown"
• synonyms: near (to), close to, within easy reach of, well situated for, handy for, not far from, just around the corner from; More
• occurring in a place or at a time that is useful.
  "put the blame on a convenient scapegoat"

Yep, but films are films. My passion, my love, my escape.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Yep, but films are films. My passion, my love, my escape.

That's fine. You have every right to apply your standards to your purchasing decisions. You're also perfectly free to apply different standards to different purchases. You can say 'toilet paper is toilet paper' and just grab whatever's cheapest but pore over articles and reviews and agonize over the slightest detail when buying a keyboard or an HDMI cable. That's all fine.

But shouldn't other people be free to do the exact same thing when they make their purchasing decisions?

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It’s not so much convenience as awkward to swap discs with a VR contraction on my heed!

I am worried about that VR contracting your skull. Pressure on the brain can cause all kinds of hallucinations, or, what you prefer to call "predictions." You should "heed" my concerns and stop contracting your head with that unholy contraption.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I am worried about that VR contracting your skull. Pressure on the brain can cause all kinds of hallucinations, or, what you prefer to call "predictions." You should "heed" my concerns and stop contracting your head with that unholy contraption.

It’s incredibly comfortable on my heed. You should try it, VR is amazing.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It’s incredibly comfortable on my heed. You should try it, VR is amazing.

I am afeared to; I might not ever take it off.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I see Netflix are possibly about to offer a cheaper streaming option. Cheaper than £5.99 apparently. First in India I read then possible everywhere.
Now that says to me two things. First we are getting a mobile only, SD package, or secondly we are getting ads for the cheaper package. I think it will be the first option and another small piece of the ‘Steedeel future predictions for digital’ machine clicks into place.

Expect the following headline on tech sites in 6-7 years.

Netflix and rivals are now 85% watched on mobile devices

A company "possibly" offers a lower price for a tier of their services and you, naturally, see that as a bad thing? Most people welcome price drops.

Maybe it is just a marketing tactic to get more people to try Netflix and then they can try to upsell them? The "foot in the door" strategy, eh? Maybe they are trying to compete more favorably with Amazon Prime and other services?

No worries for me regardless as A): I am not a subscriber and B): you will worry enough for ALL of us.

I predict that 85% of Netflix customers will watch via cerebral implants that function as wireless network adapters directly connected to the optic and auditory nerves. Even then, they will only get, at most, 16 Mbps bitrates, with skull thickness being a limiting factor.