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

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

That won't ever happen. But there is a concern that Cinemas will eventually close. That is a real threat because you can't rely on blockbusters to keep the cinemas afloat. But if even if the cinemas close and content is for TVs only, you will still have 'real movies'.

Real movies watched at double speed by millennials and gen Z.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I am still puzzled by this as for the life of me I can't recall any video games being released on vinyl.

You mentioned music. I was replying to that. Of course, you knew that already.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I sometimes wonder if this thread would have had a reasonable thoughtful discussion if Steedeel and alchav weren't here. It certainly wouldn't have had anywhere near 936 pages.

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I love you too.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

Where?

So you knew in advance that I had posted it but still hounded me for three posts to explain? That’s a **** move Penguin.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Funny how no one remembers it but you. Why not link to it for those of with possible attention span problems?

Penguin remembers it.

I await an apology.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

So you knew in advance that I had posted it but still hounded me for three posts to explain? That’s a **** move Penguin.

I was hoping I had missed a reasonable explanation. But unsurprisingly you were referring to a crazy post with backwards logic.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I was hoping I had missed a reasonable explanation. But unsurprisingly you were referring to a crazy post with backwards logic.

It’s not crazy logic. If some sad person gets through an entire series by acting brain dead and watching at 1.5 speed, they may feel like they can get through another series that they might have been on the fence about. Hence, they end up watching something they might not have done at normal speed. It’s pathetic but this feature is being requested don’t forget. That’s how it’s getting trialled on Android. It’s the attention challenged mob essentially, they don’t care about film, just being first on Twitter.

No one in their right minds would want to watch a film in FF if they cared about film. I guarantee you that.

[PenguinInfinity]

Even at 1.5 speed a typical season on Netflix is still 5-8 hours long. Anyone who has that terrible of attention span isn't going to be watching any of Netflix's highly serialized shows (which is most of them).

Personally I think the variable speed option will mostly be used by fanatics who want to quickly review scenes of their favorite shows and movies. Netflix also has plenty of informational videos (like TED talks) that people like to speed through. There is no evidence that lots of people want to watch entire seasons sped up.

If millennials have as terrible attention spans as you think then why are binge-watching, serialized shows, and long movies more popular than ever?

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

Even at 1.5 speed a typical season on Netflix is still 5-8 hours long. Anyone who has that terrible of attention span isn't going to be watching any of Netflix's highly serialized shows (which is most of them).

Personally I think the variable speed option will mostly be used by fanatics who want to quickly review scenes of their favorite shows and movies. Netflix also has plenty of informational videos (like TED talks) that people like to speed through. There is no evidence that lots of people want to watch entire seasons sped up.

If millennials have as terrible attention spans as you think then why are binge-watching, serialized shows, and long movies more popular than ever?

If the majority of the population watch like this, we are in trouble.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

If the majority of the population watch like this, we are in trouble.

You didn't respond to a single thing in the post you quoted.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

You didn't respond to a single thing in the post you quoted.

Those people didn’t have this option before. It might well be different when they do.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Those people didn’t have this option before. It might well be different when they do.

You have no evidence that it will be. It would have to be more than 99% of viewers watching sped up for Netflix to even consider dropping the option to watch at normal speeds. That's never going to happen.

I couldn't care less what speed other people choose to watch movies and TV shows at. I will watch at original speed at that option is never going away.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

You have no evidence that it will be. It would have to be more than 99% of viewers watching sped up for Netflix to even consider dropping the option to watch at normal speeds. That's never going to happen.

I couldn't care less what speed other people choose to watch movies and TV shows at. I will watch at original speed at that option is never going away.

You have no evidence that it won’t.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

And I have no evidence that Amazon won't gain access to nuclear weapons. And I have no evidence that Scarlett Johansson won't get a sex change. And I have no evidence that the next My Little Pony movie won't sweep the Oscars. And I have no evidence that Quentin Tarantino won't win the noble peace prize.

That doesn't mean that any of those things are likely to happen.

I hope beyond hope you are right. The fs t that people are even gs I g the discussion on social media shows how far we have fallen as a society that sine would even consider watching a film that way.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Sony Interactive Entertainment to Shut Down PlayStation Vue

Another streamer bites the dust and I have evidence here. Guess Sony could not find a buyer.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Sony Interactive Entertainment to Shut Down PlayStation Vue

Another streamer bites the dust and I have evidence here. Guess Sony could not find a buyer.

Sony aren’t doing well with streaming video. Been a disaster for them. I think they will sell Sony Pictures to Apple in the next year or two and focus exclusively on PlayStation brands.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Those people didn’t have this option before. It might well be different when they do.

Anyone with a Playstation 3 has had this option for over 12 years. Nothing has suffered as a result of it, either.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Penguin remembers it.

I await an apology.

You want me to apologize for possibly having attention span problems? No one has ever asked me for an apology for possibly having a medical problem before.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Anyone with a Playstation 3 has had this option for over 12 years. Nothing has suffered as a result of it, either.

This is the first time for a major subscription streaming service and the biggest at that.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

You mentioned music. I was replying to that. Of course, you knew that already.

Actually, I said no such thing. I simply replied to your post where you had mentioned BOTH music and games.