Friday, May 16, 2008
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Spoonard... you consider quality BD hi-def renting from either Netflix or Blockbuster "paying a premium" -?? 
These companies provide several affordable plans. Jason (one of DVDTOWN's reviewers) indicated that he pays the minimum (lowest) monthly fee from Netflix ($8.99 I believe), and is able to receive and watch between 6 to 9 Blu-ray rentals a month(!) - so that's hardly "paying a premium" -
OK, I'm not trying to be mean, but you understand what I'm saying. You do NOT have to pay a high price to rent BDs from national distributors Netflix and Blockbuster, or some of the smaller online rental outfits.
Sure, HD rentals on download/streaming services will be appealing to some (immediate convenience obviously, which does have benefits), but for myself I prefer a proven method that provides the highest quality.
As for 1080p, most all of the services with download/streaming do not yet offer 1080p, although I've heard recently that VUDU's $295 box does have it - yet I'm not aware of how well their rental network's A/V quality is. And you have to wonder if the signal will be as smooth and consistent as watching Blu-ray on my PS3 etc.
So yes, HD downloads/streaming is going to be a new market for the studios, and will appeal to some such as yourself, but I really doubt (and disagree strongly) that it's going to overshadow or even possibly cause the 'early death' (potentially) of Blu-ray HD, although some here might want it to.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on May 16, 2008]
These companies provide several affordable plans. Jason (one of DVDTOWN's reviewers) indicated that he pays the minimum (lowest) monthly fee from Netflix ($8.99 I believe), and is able to receive and watch between 6 to 9 Blu-ray rentals a month(!) - so that's hardly "paying a premium" -
OK, I'm not trying to be mean, but you understand what I'm saying. You do NOT have to pay a high price to rent BDs from national distributors Netflix and Blockbuster, or some of the smaller online rental outfits.
Sure, HD rentals on download/streaming services will be appealing to some (immediate convenience obviously, which does have benefits), but for myself I prefer a proven method that provides the highest quality.
As for 1080p, most all of the services with download/streaming do not yet offer 1080p, although I've heard recently that VUDU's $295 box does have it - yet I'm not aware of how well their rental network's A/V quality is. And you have to wonder if the signal will be as smooth and consistent as watching Blu-ray on my PS3 etc.
So yes, HD downloads/streaming is going to be a new market for the studios, and will appeal to some such as yourself, but I really doubt (and disagree strongly) that it's going to overshadow or even possibly cause the 'early death' (potentially) of Blu-ray HD, although some here might want it to.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on May 16, 2008]
Friday, May 16, 2008
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The article also mantions nothing about RENTALS.
Spoonfed,
you have a spelling error, it's "mansions" not "mantions" . . . and yes, I'm being a smart ass!
Friday, May 16, 2008
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NO TIM,
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I'm being a smart ass!
Tim! I don't have time for these TRIPE posts of yours!!
Smartassness right back atcha, buddy!
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Spoonie G, your vision of what VoD may do to Blu-ray sales is a bit optimistic, but you forget like I said, this will only effect the rental aspect of the home entertainment media business. And VoD has been out for years with no success of knocking out physical disc media for rental purposes. Take this from a person who used to do alot of VoD renting, my cable bill is already at nose bleed levels. That's why VoD won't take off because when the cable companies sneeze your bill goes up. I used to pay $202.00 a month now it's $180.00. Do you honestly think I'm going to sit around and order $5.00 movies on cable? HELL NO. They are already robbing me blind as is.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
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Cable is already a rip as it is! a 1000 channels of nothing but crap . . . at least most of it is. I've never bothered with On Demand, nor do I care, plus I forget it's even there. It has already proven it can't even come close to damaging physical media sales, nor will it when it goes hi-def. As I've said time and time again, it is just another choice, plain and simple.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
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BREAKING NEWS!
This new technology has been invented that is sure to put Blu-ray out of business. It involves projecting a super high-resolution image way before it's available on ANY format (including VOD) on a huge screen with surround sound.
They're going to call it a "Movie Theater" or something like that. This will be the end of Blu-ray, standard DVD, VOD, downloading, even... gosh should I say it? SUC! Yes, it's going to happen folks. And it's only going to apprently cost 12 bucks a pop, except on Tuesdays for some odd reason.
Edit: The persistence of you HD DVD fanboys makes me laugh. Great entertainment at the very least
[Post edited by Skyhawk on May 16, 2008]
This new technology has been invented that is sure to put Blu-ray out of business. It involves projecting a super high-resolution image way before it's available on ANY format (including VOD) on a huge screen with surround sound.
They're going to call it a "Movie Theater" or something like that. This will be the end of Blu-ray, standard DVD, VOD, downloading, even... gosh should I say it? SUC! Yes, it's going to happen folks. And it's only going to apprently cost 12 bucks a pop, except on Tuesdays for some odd reason.
Edit: The persistence of you HD DVD fanboys makes me laugh. Great entertainment at the very least
[Post edited by Skyhawk on May 16, 2008]
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Agreed Tim.
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Why are we still arguing about this??
HD VoD rentals are on their way and will be a big hit as long as we can afford the internet connection...they are also very reliable...
Again, as I've told before, the same people who use TiVo or any other DVR type box, will have no problem with the streaming rentals, and if it was for a good price and I had a good internet connection, I would subscribe in no time.
Because if I really liked the movie, I would already have the SD DVD, or blu-ray...regardless of...
HD VoD rentals are on their way and will be a big hit as long as we can afford the internet connection...they are also very reliable...
Again, as I've told before, the same people who use TiVo or any other DVR type box, will have no problem with the streaming rentals, and if it was for a good price and I had a good internet connection, I would subscribe in no time.
Because if I really liked the movie, I would already have the SD DVD, or blu-ray...regardless of...
Friday, May 16, 2008
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I've never bothered with On Demand, nor do I care, plus I forget it's even there.
Tim, to be honest this one I can't understand. We've had VOD longer than HD DVD and Blu-ray have been out. Everyone who has a cable box of any kind here has access to it (standard definition). Yet it has not made even a dent in physical media rentals after all this time. Sure, it's like 50 cents or a buck more than the B&M rental, but the quality really isn't that bad. You can rewind, pause, and fast-forward even. We even have a free VOD service that features about 30 to 40 movies that are past their day&date release time.
Apparently the porn VOD service is doing fairly well however. Figure that!
