DVDs Are The Last Hard Data Format
from the not-if-Hollywood-can-help-it dept
George Colony is predicting that DVDs are the last "hard" data format for carrying around bits. Instead, we'll just have everything on the network, and you can access your movies and music and whatever else from anywhere with any device. Why carry around a DVD when you can just download the movie? Of course, this makes sense to a bunch of people, and it's been discussed to death. The entrenched entertainment industry will fight this as much as possible, but they won't be able to hold back. If they realize in time what's going to happen, they might be able to embrace it and survive. If they continue to fight it, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy, and those companies will go out of business (while others start to make lots of money based on new business models).
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Mr. Colony is right
Change is coming and it will be difficult for artists and consumers too.
Forget about the music or entertainment industry, they are dinosaurs making a lot of noise before they hit the arena floor. Don�t worry; the entertainment dinosaur falling won�t go unnoticed, there will be a lot of noise and dust when this giant hits, and the screams are being heard even as we speak.
Who rises from the dust of the fallen giant is what concerns me
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Yeah, right
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Re: Yeah, right
It does exist and it performs and sounds incredible. Would you like a demonstration?
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What about obscure music?
Every format change inevitably loses the more obscure data available only in the old version. The media industry is rushing to lose old things, it seems.
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Not going to happen
I would rather buy a CD for $15 than pay a cent each time I listen to it. And if I buy a CD, I want a physical copy that I can do with as I please. I don't want something that will be inaccessible if my internet connection goes down. And I really don't want to "buy" something when the only record of my purchase exists in someone else's system, and if they lose that record I no longer "own" it.
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Re: Not going to happen, redux
The issue isn't storage, it's access, speed and control. And as we move toward wireless networks, they become even more important considerations. I'll take massive local/removable storage over network storage, if only because the latter can be instantly gone - by chance or design. I don't really have a lot of faith or trust in either MS or the Fed really making an effort to protect my interests.
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Whether DVD, portable storage devices, or home media servers are the best storage media for your assets remains to be seen. Personally, I use both the iPod and ripped DVD/CDs to serve my needs, and I�m sure I will utilize a media server once I find one at a price point that meets my needs to store and distribute. I think all three will be a part of the landscape moving forward, as consumers determine their preference.
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