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Surely the internet has killed the need for little metal discs? I can't remember the last time I used one.
by sambeau 16y ago
Surely the internet has killed the need for little metal discs? I can't remember the last time I used one.
- raganwald 16y agoYes it has, but was it the convenience of typing the name of a movie and streaming it? Or was it the convenience of watching a movie without having to navigate through commercials and menu options designed to ruin the movie experience? Check all that apply :-) One thing that absolutely killed DVDs for me was having children. If you ever want to put a movie on for kids, you want to put it on, press play, and watch. Navigating menus and ads just doesn't work for my kids, no way, no how. I had to handbrake my entire collection of family DVDs. I buy movies through iTunes. A DVD is a pain in the ass if you want to watch a movie with kids.
- sambeau 16y agoIndeed - plus the fact that kids can scratch a DVD to the point of unusable within seconds.
- noonespecial 16y agoIts even worse in the car. Ever tried to start a Disney movie for a 3 year old while driving? For our own safety, every movie in the car is HandBraked from the original so it starts instantly when inserted. I can just about guarantee that a serious accident has been caused by those damn menus.
- vl 16y agoAren't you concerned that prolonged looking at the movie screen in the moving (and thus vibrating) vehicle will be bad for the kid's eyesight? I personally feel eye strain if I try to watch or read something on my iPhone for too long in a moving car (not so bad on a bus).
- potatolicious 16y agoThe concept of broadband means the death of little metal discs. Companies like Comcast and AT&T are ensuring that we will need them forever.
- MikeCapone 16y agoThe Canadian regulators are trying very hard too. If it was only up to them, we'd have 60 gig caps and no viable indie ISPs...
- czhiddy 16y agoLikewise. I'm looking forward to when DVD/BD drives on laptops are replaced with additional batteries.
- whatusername 16y agoLike these ones: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-73222.html http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-73222.html
- wewyor 16y agoNot for me, my internet choice is dsl (I think 1.2 Mbit which I currently have) and satellite. Hard tech rules rural America, as well as my parents' house.
- alex_h 16y agoIt seems Sony has been on the wrong side of this twice now. They released MiniDisc just before digital music players and music downloads took off, and now a new and improved video disc just as the tide is turning toward video streaming. It seems they really should have learned from the first time.
- kalleboo 16y agoIt sure has, but only thanks to piracy, not through any initiative from the movie studios' part.