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Xbox Head Proclaims Blu-ray Dead
Blacklaw writes "Microsoft has sided with Apple in a rare case of solidarity between the two companies, and declares that Blu-ray will be 'passed by' as a high-definition format. In many ways, it's hard to disagree. US markets have seen the demand for legal digital downloads of PC games exceed sales of the physical object for the first time, and Apple famously refuses to put a Blu-ray drive in its Macs, as Jobs prefers to send people towards iTunes to download their entertainment. That said, there's an argument for physical media, too. A recent survey suggested that the majority of gamers prefer physical discs, and digital downloads have the secondary effect of entirely cutting out the popular market for second-hand films and games — a plus for publishers, but a big negative for the consumer."
You know what really happens when you throw a frog in a cauldron with boiling water? Its muscles contract and it will be unable to get out in time and boil alive.
However, if you gradually heat the water the frog will notice that the water has become an undesirable temperature and will get out before it boils.
I agree with your theory but your analogy is dead wrong.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
A Bluray holds 50 gigabytes of data. Downloading that over my 750k DSL connection would take 7 days
Downloading over my connection would take... 19 hours, less than a day. There's no reason for me to lose even 15 minutes going to the store instead of 15 seconds setting up the download in my computer.
I'll want to store it somewhere permanent
I won't. I can redownload it whenever I want.
Bottom Line - Blurays are not disappearing yet. People like the convenience and instant gratification.
Downloading IS the instant gratification. Bluray disappears with high speed download which, aparently you don't have but lots of people have already.
Blueray will only live for those who live with five year old technology, which is fine and reasonable, for five years.
The one being pushed by Apple and Microsoft in the mobile front. And don't tell me that "they're just phones" because as we've seen with the iPad, it won't stay that way for long.[...]
Decades old technology, yes. Being forced into a technological underclass because we refuse to accept DRM is, frankly, unacceptable.
First. My decade old underclass technology can rape an iPad in the arse without even flinching.
Second. IPad sucks so much dick it now uses semen as a power source.
And lastly. You imagine an unreasonable future. Computers won't be locked for the simple reason that they'd be unlocked and sold by whoever is the future Chinese.
You somehow manage to ignore the last twenty years of failures locking down technology and media.
>>>19 hours,
Still too fucking long, especially if you want to do something else like watch the latest Eureka episode, which will slow down the download to more than a day.
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>>>I won't. I can redownload it whenever I want.
And pay another $10. Maybe it's not like that now, but it will be eventually. I prefer to buy my movies just once, not multiple times.
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>>> lots of people have already.
Lots? Only about 5% have your speed. That leaves the other 95% wanting Bluray because it will be easier to get than waiting DAYS to finish the 50 gigabyte download.
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apple like microsoft are just mad that sony made blu-ray. apple refuses to use other companies products. apple just like ms want to control everything. If we let these two companies make all the decision we wont have anything. apple and MS just have $ not ideas. They take others ideas.
We've got three XBox 360s in the house, and we buy a lot more Bluray movies than we do XBox games.
You are insanely rich and enjoy throwing away money.