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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Oh great.. just when I thought my video library was reaching its zenith .. this article has to come out ... streamng will be the thing of the future I guess ...  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Bunch of malarky based soley on supposition. Until such time that the infrastucture is in place that can support HD quality (1080p) digital streaming/downloads with multiple audio formats/languages and subtitles then physical media is here to stay. Personally, I can't see it happening in 10 years the way things are going. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Oh great.. just when I thought my video library was reaching its zenith .. this article has to come out ...
streamng will be the thing of the future I guess ...
Buy a lot of DvD players and put them in storage for future proofing. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,774 |
| | Posted: | | | | Maybe, maybe not... But one thing I know, when physical media becomes extinct I'll quit this hobby and do something else. Call me old fashioned or stubborn, but I'm not willing to pay a lousy cent for a digital rent which availability can be controlled and stopped any time. And as a bonus providers, publishers, nearly everyone knows exactly which movie you watched when and how often!?  Sorry, but when this becomes reality, I'm done with it. |
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| Registered: June 6, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | I cannot believe that the process of collecting as a hobby, as a way to keep cherished items to revisit and pass on to your kids will disappear, regardless of what is collected.
So, the DVD as an object may become obsolete, but if it does, I think that it will be replaced by digital files of some form, files that could be owned, stored, kept private and collected... | | | | Last edited: by Wigram |
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| Registered: December 5, 2007 | | Posts: 360 |
| | Posted: | | | | The pay-once, watch forever "digital locker" model isn't likely to replace DVDs any time soon. There's no future revenue stream but the provider has promised to maintain the infrastructure to watch the movie you bought.
Some of the early digital locker models have already been discontinued. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm good with it as long as the quality isn't reduced and my dollar ensures unending viewings. Watching The Walking Dead on AMC in HD is almost painful. I looked forward to S1 being released on Blu-Ray so I could watch it without the visual distraction of the overly high compression. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VirtualScot: Quote:
Buy a lot of DvD players and put them in storage for future proofing. Not really... we can always find VHS player even if the format is obsolete for quite a while. I can even buy new Atari 2600 games in a store in my town, so I'm not too affraid I won't be able to find a dvd player in the next 10, 20 or even the 30 next years... |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Jimmy S: Quote:
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Buy a lot of DvD players and put them in storage for future proofing.
Not really... we can always find VHS player even if the format is obsolete for quite a while. I can even buy new Atari 2600 games in a store in my town, so I'm not too affraid I won't be able to find a dvd player in the next 10, 20 or even the 30 next years... I live in Scotland which is tiny in comparison to America. We simply don't have as much of that stuff in second hand circulation as can be found there, that could make a viable business. |
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | VHS just hit some parts of Scotland (like where I used to live).   |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting samuelrichardscott: Quote:
VHS just hit some parts of Scotland (like where I used to live). Take it someone robbed that storage facility you had with 10,000 VHS tapes in it  |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VirtualScot: Quote:
I live in Scotland which is tiny in comparison to America. We simply don't have as much of that stuff in second hand circulation as can be found there, that could make a viable business. I don't live in America (if you mean US by America), I live in the Quebec Province... I'm sure there are more people in Scotland than here |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Jimmy S: Quote:
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I live in Scotland which is tiny in comparison to America. We simply don't have as much of that stuff in second hand circulation as can be found there, that could make a viable business.
I don't live in America (if you mean US by America), I live in the Quebec Province... I'm sure there are more people in Scotland than here Scotland 5,200,000 Quebec 8,000,000 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm thinking more along the lines of getting wood fueled 'electric turbine' in order to run my HD TV and disc players inside our cave on the side of the hill after the big one ......... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | As a younger collector in 30 or 40 years i can see maybe by the time i hit my old age getting a couple of sarcastic laughs, at my old plastic discs perfectly alphabetically. Then pulling out my limited editions of Star Wars with the original theatrical cuts, and calling an abulance as they faint and hit the floor |
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