Why Hard Drive-Based Movies Will Replace DVDs

[D-rock]

Physical copies also have a huge advantage due to the "right of first sale" principle of being able to be owned. That means if somebody wants to sell their physical copy or let somebody borrow it they are legally allowed to do so.

The way it's going now most of humanity won't own any form of entertainment or the medium it's on. People will only be technically allowed to "license" it, and businesses will milk people for all the money they can get out of them for new copies or to change formats. You won't be able to give the copy away or sell it at all. Depending on how it's set up a business might very well be legally able to take it away from you once they feel like it.

One of the biggest things that will be needed in the future will be the right of first sale to be given to virtually anything people can buy electronically in some for or another. At least with a physical copy I know that the physical item I do have is mine.

 

[D-rock]

The messageboard caused me to double post.

 

[Philbert]

I know that Pay per View HD content was downloadable only for a limited amount of views, and after a certain amount of uses was not viewable.
We had classes on this at Dish Network when I was an inhouse Tech.
Even on an External HDD it would cease to be watchable after so many views.This can be done, and I'm sure with a hard disc there will soon be a software upgrade to Blurays around the world , enabling content managers to block unlicensed or over the allowed limit viewing.
Dish has a feature where you can download all DVR recordings to an external HDD, but in a format only playable on DishNet equipment. Not your pc or anywhere else but with their receivers.

Once the industry has achieved the stated point of all content in HD, pay as you see will be an achievable goal for them.
Until the hackers save us all from the Tyrant(s).

 

[Philbert]

[NOBABE]Standalone DVD players might disappear soon, but computers will still have dvd/blu-ray readers/writers for quite some time, and pretty much any not too ancient graphics card have a HDMI/DVI port that you can plug into your TV. Plus a blu-ray player can play dvd´s too, and those will be around for probably at least ten more years. People that are serious about collecting movies will always want to have a physical copy of the movie, so blu-ray (or something even better) will be around for quite some time.[/NOBABE]

Bluray is software based, and periodic upgrades are needed to keep working right...any change in format or rights management can be inserted by the upgrade, and there ya go.
No guarantees there is a future for DVDs if there is a reason to not play them on a Bluray.
"Due to advances in HD technology, we are unable to provide customers with both quality of Bluray experience and the ability to play DVDs." Bla bla etc.
I remember all the cassettes I have /had and music I put on so many blanks...now it's getting impossible to replace the dead or dying players and then what?
How long ago did MP3 players show up...now every *** has tons of albums on their players, no one carries around a CD player.
Soon...hard discs will begin fading from commercial retail availability.
Then what?
Control.
I prefer independence from hard copies that may be unusable soon enough.
If I have to buy downloads in the future OK...but for now I am putting copies of DVDs on file.
Thank you Redbox and Blockbuster.

 

[Patrick_S]

[NOBABE]If you´re so worried that there won´t be any players that can play your dvd´s in the future then why not simply buy a couple of cheap blu-ray/dvd players (you can get a dvd player for under 50 dollars) and put them away in storage until the player you have now breaks. The first dvd player i bought still works without any problems, and it´s 13 years old. Oh, and give me a break with all the "it´s impossible to find old players for various formats". A simple google search will show you that there is no problem whatsoever finding cassette tape players (or players for any other old format), they might not be as cheap as they once were, but they´re still available.[/NOBABE]

 

[Philbert]

The first Blu-ray disc players were sold in mid-2006. So much for your credibility.
And the last car sold with a factory installed cassette player was 2010, so not many people are gonna have cassettes much longer.
With tape hiss and stuff (wrapped around the roller tape, felt pad falls off) most people are not gonna save cassettes and buy new players with mp3 players so cheap and easy to use.
Now, lots of not cheap but cheaply made players are out there, not much longer. Bubu Mboto can get his CD from someone making copies for cheap, and play it til he wears it out. Cassettes get dirty, break, and sound shitty...the market will die when the last 3rd world listener stops using old cassettes.
As for cheap Bluray players...you are a dunce all around, from 13 year old time traveler-delivered Bluray players to buying crap $50 ones and saving them for later.
Why would anyone save a crap unit for later when it's an outgoing mode of video viewing?
Try using a streaming service like Netflix with a $50 unit, and enjoy the constant buffering stops (if they work at all).
I don't want an unupdated software player for photo viewing, I want a useable unit for watching, not waiting.
My 3 year old Vizio is still perfect and plays fine, I don't use it much at all anymore since a click on my VOB file starts the movie and that's that.
No inserting discs, no opening and returning the disc, no fingerprints to watch out for or closing the gate carefully and returning to my seat .
I just move the tv channel to pc and select one of hundreds to play.
Good lock living in LaLa Land; I'll bet you yodel to your friends instead of texting, huh?

 

[Embryoyo]

I **** digital media. I don't really care if DVD/BluRay becomes obsolete though, so long as my music collection continues to be compromised of mostly CDs.

 

[RichardNailder]

[NOBABE]If you´re so worried that there won´t be any players that can play your dvd´s in the future then why not simply buy a couple of cheap blu-ray/dvd players (you can get a dvd player for under 50 dollars) and put them away in storage until the player you have now breaks. The first dvd player i bought still works without any problems, and it´s 13 years old. Oh, and give me a break with all the "it´s impossible to find old players for various formats". A simple google search will show you that there is no problem whatsoever finding cassette tape players (or players for any other old format), they might not be as cheap as they once were, but they´re still available.[/NOBABE]

I have three multi-system VHS players and two region-free dvd players I'll sell you - kept them on the same premise but never once used them. In fact, buy all my old VHS tapes and DVD's and I'll give you the players free.


All of my movies are on hard driver or solid state storage right now - only thing I use my blue-ray player for is watching Netflix and next time I replace the TV it will do that so I won't need the extra crap on my desk.

 

[Philbert]

Indeed, papagmp.
I am more and more happy with playing files instead of discs...I will cry when my BD player dies, old friend and all, but you are right on the money.
I just threw out several hundred VHS tapes rather than move them with me...no one wanted them and I have no use for a few hundred LBs of useless plastic.
I kept some, like Old Yeller, but losing the feeling of being shackled to an iffy mechanical device (like a landline phone, cordless or not) is depressing.
I am getting a BD ext burner in a few days (old one died) and will begin putting BD files on the HDD for viewing. My laptop sends HD over the VGA cable and the sound is choice with my Yamaha Sound system...
I can go live in the woods now, when it all collapses... eat pine cones and watch Bluray on my flatscreen run off of solar and squirrel-powered dynamo.