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USB drive vs Blu-Ray
Dartful Dodger:
5 years ago I would be able to tell my friends I'll be out of work by 8:30 because we have to make FedEx.
I use to have a FedEx run twice a week, Now I go to FedEx about 4 times a year.
I sometimes work until 1 am on a Friday night, starting a 4 Gig upload to the clients servers for Monday.
I agree with everyone on this. Streaming will be the way to rent, but people who own will always want hard copies.
...and those hard copies will be on USB drives.
Ginsu Victim:
If it's on a drive, I risk losing it.
I'll take a disc, thank you very much.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on August 26, 2009, 05:12:25 pm ---If it's on a drive, I risk losing it.
I'll take a disc, thank you very much.
--- End quote ---
The USB drives we're going to be using will be dual drives, not sure about all the details but it's suppose to protect/lock the application we are creating while allowing the user to save their personal information on the other half of the drive.
The user won't be able to delete or modify our program.
I remember when people said they would never give up vinyl and the large album covers were as much a part of the "art" of music as the songs themselves.
The entertainment industry listens to what the younger generation wants. If grade school kids are getting use to USBs, by the time they are in H.S. there won't be any discs for you to take.
stace:
--- Quote from: ahofle on August 26, 2009, 03:14:30 pm ---LOL people have been saying that for 4 or 5 years. :P
It will never happen IMO. Bandwidth is becoming less plentiful, not the other way around, ISPs are starting to define caps, etc.
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I think it will.
Personally I prefer the physical media in my hand. I have ripped all of my media to a nas server and stream around the house accordingly.
In terms of renting and streaming over the net, I do believe its the way things will go. Netflix and BB are now in bed with M$, Sony are soon to be jumping on the bandwagon as well. With all of the newer NMT's being able to deliver video straight from the net, its just a matter of time before additional services get onboard.
Capped bandwidth or not, the newer codecs can deliver HD to your door without lag on minimal bandwidth.
Just my tuppence :)
TOK:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on August 26, 2009, 04:54:17 pm ---
I agree with everyone on this. Streaming will be the way to rent, but people who own will always want hard copies.
...and those hard copies will be on USB drives.
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Streaming is already established in a sense, with On Demand.
Internet streaming of 1080p video from providers other than Verizon/Cable? Don't think so.
Install base is just getting large for Blu Ray, it's not going to be dethroned for at least 10 years.
I've already bought special edition copies that come on multiple Blu Rays (like Watchmen), so it's not like they're encumbered by capacity.
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