| I don't believe it I don't think discs are dead in terms of video. DVD sales aren't falling off just yet. Now, some folks may say that this will change once broadband can deliver better video, but just wait until that DVD you can now buy turns into a pay-per-view movie over broadband. Hollywood may love that idea, but consumers won't. And even if a broadband connection can deliver NTSC video, what about a 1080i image? That'll take considerably more bandwidth.
As for audio, sadly, many people are choosing lossy compression over quality. With hard disk space so cheap, I can't see why. OK, they may want to send the files to a portable player. Then why not allow the compression to be done by the consumer? That way, they download a good-quality file, then they can compress it for portability. Personally, I won't buy music that sounds like crap, and I have a problem buying overpriced CDs, so I guess I don't really buy much music at all these days. Am I in the minority here? |
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| Well, I don't buy much music either, but it's mainly for financial reasons. My budget is too tight to spend $15+ on a CD that I'll listen to once a month at most.
When I do buy CDs, however, I typically get them used. There are some really good deals to be had on Half.com, Amazon, and the like. The most damaged purchase I made was one where the case was shattered. I simply switched it out into a new case and it was as good as new.
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but just wait until that DVD you can now buy turns into a pay-per-view movie over broadband. Hollywood may love that idea, but consumers won't.
We've already had that battle. Remember DiVX? No, not the compression format, Circuit City's now dead DVD competitor. The people spoke and declared they wanted control of their content.
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Personally, I won't buy music that sounds like crap, and I have a problem buying overpriced CDs, so I guess I don't really buy much music at all these days. Am I in the minority here?
Nope, that's about how I feel about it. I would be happy to pay for legal 256kbps+ DRM-free MP3 download. Otherwise I'll just find a deal on a used CD and make my MP3 myself. More and more I find I just don't have the "gotta have it" itch with new music. I have a huge library of my old music to keep me occupied.
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No you're not the minority... I have all of the media I want (located in my optical non-moving parts high density 1" sq. computer wrapped in tin-foil, locked away and buried under a public park encased in concrete with an atomic battery and liquid nitrogen cooling and 1.2Gb encrypted wireless access to my LAN-- try pinning that on me **AA!!!).
I will buy none. Good NEW music/movies do not exist... it's all been done. and re-done and re-done. |
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