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J_UNTITLED · 05-22-2008, 12:29 AM

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BLU for Blue · 05-22-2008, 12:32 AM

Hard Copies will always be the way to go movie wise. Yeah people will watch on cable, but will also buy on BD and DVD

Marcusarilius · 05-22-2008, 12:49 AM

This will be of no consequence to hard disk sales of DVD or BD.

McHairy21 · 05-22-2008, 12:57 AM

Studios Won't Go Along With This Idea And Solely This Idea. They May Do It And Still Do DVD And BD(Movies On XBox Live For Example) But They Would Lose A Ton Of Money If They Promoted This Idea Alone. Suicide.

JasonR · 05-22-2008, 01:03 AM

These posts are exhausting...

Blu-Ray is here to stay.

McHairy21 · 05-22-2008, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonR

These posts are exhausting...

Blu-Ray is here to stay.

I Had A Guy I Work With Tell Me The Other Day That Blu-ray Is Like Beta And HD-DVD Will Have A Comeback

I Promptly Killed Him And Ate His Body

camper · 05-22-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

This will be of no consequence to hard disk sales of DVD or BD.

Depends...if I can watch it free on HD on a non-premium channel, I would do this rather than buy it to own. For example, I saw the previews for a movie called "Closing Escrow" that I was interested in getting on Blu Ray (when it was released), and then HDNet showed it in HD for free. I DVR'ed it, watched it, and now there is one less Blu Ray--or DVD--that I will own. I'll never watch it again.

If it was a movie I wanted to own (Pirates, Potter, Patton, etc) then a digital copy would not be the method I would own it in.

And for a download, I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it, and only if it would download very fast and I could keep it forever. I'd 'rent' it for $3, so long as I could delete it when I felt like it.

~Camper

jadedeath · 05-22-2008, 05:59 PM

Everyone gets a new computer what? Every 2 years {on average} 5 at the most?

What happens to all the information that the average person has on their computer if all of their movies are on their hard drive?

I'm not talking about folks on here who likely have Terabite HD add-ons but the regular folks who barely know how to use e-mail.

Logan

DaMexiRican · 05-22-2008, 07:42 PM

I don't think the whole VOD or downloadable content is going to phase hard copy. Alot of people forget there are a lot of people that still use dial up or don't have an internet connection. And with word of Comcast and other internet companies wanting to start charging more money if you go over a certain usage amount. How many times have we heard about other methods of media going to replace cd's? Yes, mp3 is very popular and contributes to the declince of cd sales but it's not killing it and cd's aren't going to go extinct either.

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05-22-2008, 12:32 AM	#2
BLU for Blue Banned Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New York	Hard Copies will always be the way to go movie wise. Yeah people will watch on cable, but will also buy on BD and DVD

05-22-2008, 12:49 AM	#3
Marcusarilius Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Seattle, WA. Blu-ray reviews:52 Trading Score:1	This will be of no consequence to hard disk sales of DVD or BD.

05-22-2008, 12:57 AM	#4
McHairy21 Banned Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Hot Tucson, Arizona Posts:8,000,000,000	Studios Won't Go Along With This Idea And Solely This Idea. They May Do It And Still Do DVD And BD(Movies On XBox Live For Example) But They Would Lose A Ton Of Money If They Promoted This Idea Alone. Suicide.

05-22-2008, 01:03 AM	#5
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	These posts are exhausting... Blu-Ray is here to stay.

05-22-2008, 05:59 PM	#8
jadedeath Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007	Everyone gets a new computer what? Every 2 years {on average} 5 at the most? What happens to all the information that the average person has on their computer if all of their movies are on their hard drive? I'm not talking about folks on here who likely have Terabite HD add-ons but the regular folks who barely know how to use e-mail. Logan

05-22-2008, 07:42 PM	#9
DaMexiRican Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Tracy, CA Blu-ray collection:40	I don't think the whole VOD or downloadable content is going to phase hard copy. Alot of people forget there are a lot of people that still use dial up or don't have an internet connection. And with word of Comcast and other internet companies wanting to start charging more money if you go over a certain usage amount. How many times have we heard about other methods of media going to replace cd's? Yes, mp3 is very popular and contributes to the declince of cd sales but it's not killing it and cd's aren't going to go extinct either.

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