jharo Wrote: > > What people dont seem to get is that all physical media is dead. CD, > DVD,and yes even Blue Ray. >
I'm going to [mostly] disagree here :) While i agree that one day all physical media will of course be completely obsolete in favour of downloading and streaming, unlike music, DVD/BR being dead is still a relatively long way off. Some people seem to think DVD and Blue Ray are on their way out much sooner than they are because they are just looking at it from a technological point of view and missing the differences between the markets. It's partly due to technical limitations like net speeds etc, but its also a generation thing. Music technology trends tend to be driven by the young - at least most people that listen to music on the move are young. But thats not the case with movies, its a much broader generational thing. And i know many people of the age of 50ish who are still just getting into DVD, let alone Blue Ray etc. Of course i'm generalising a lot here, but it mostly true. But more than anything its the portable market thats driven download sales, and that portable market just is not there for movies. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony One (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official SB Controller. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50035 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
