- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Are Companies Trying to Kill Blu Ray?
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:16 pm
LINK
Here is a good article about the various piracy encryptions that force you to constantly update your players. The problem is, many players are able to upgrade which causes the consumer to go out and buy a new player that will be obsolete soon enough. Whatever happened to buying a disc and being able to watch a movie?
With my current player, I can watch Blu Rays made before a certain year only. I want to buy a new player but have no idea which would last a long time.These companies want consumers to move to streaming but the problem is, you don't own the film in that case. The distributor does. If that company shuts down or sells the rights to the film, you are SOL.
Here is a good article about the various piracy encryptions that force you to constantly update your players. The problem is, many players are able to upgrade which causes the consumer to go out and buy a new player that will be obsolete soon enough. Whatever happened to buying a disc and being able to watch a movie?
With my current player, I can watch Blu Rays made before a certain year only. I want to buy a new player but have no idea which would last a long time.These companies want consumers to move to streaming but the problem is, you don't own the film in that case. The distributor does. If that company shuts down or sells the rights to the film, you are SOL.
11
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:20 pm to JabarkusRussell
You don't own a movie you bought on itunes?
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:21 pm to JabarkusRussell
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc are already killing blu ray
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:23 pm to JabarkusRussell
Blu Ray is already dead. Stack your Blu Ray player next to the VCR. Streaming Video and Ondemand services have made it an obsolete technology. Why take up all that space when you can stream the movie you want from Amazon or Netflix straight to your TV.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:25 pm to JabarkusRussell
quote:
These companies want consumers to move to streaming but the problem is, you don't own the film in that case. The distributor does. If that company shuts down or sells the rights to the film, you are SOL.
Disney has literally pulled films out of people's libraries before, but they also are working a different business model than everyone else where they rely on artificial scarcity. Once Blu Ray sales shift to Digital Sales, I think most companies wouldn't pull the content. That would completely kill future sales if nobody thought they could trust it.
As for the company shutting down and leaving you hanging, Google, Apple, Amazon and Walmart(vudu) probably aren't going anywhere.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 1:29 pm to JabarkusRussell
buy a ps3
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:05 pm to JabarkusRussell
good thing my blu ray player is my ps3 and it updates automatically so I dont have to worry about this
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:07 pm to JabarkusRussell
Blu-Ray is already dead. The obituary will be published soon.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:11 pm to JabarkusRussell
quote:
The problem is, many players are able to upgrade which causes the consumer to go out and buy a new player
Im guessing you meant "are not", why are they not able to upgrade the firmware?
Posted on 7/28/15 at 3:18 pm to JabarkusRussell
I told my wife to stop buying dvd's. They are is collecting dust. If we want to watch a movie,we rent or buy off Apple tv
Posted on 7/29/15 at 6:37 am to JabarkusRussell
Posted on 7/29/15 at 6:42 am to JabarkusRussell
quote:
Whatever happened to buying a disc and being able to watch a movie?
Well there's no way to continually extort money out of people with this mindset. We're slaves to ever changing technology. Deal with it.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News