Think you're viewing things from quite a minority perpective, the average joe public couldn't give a toss if you can copy it... the populatiry of DVD video proves this (and no, most consumers dont know about things like DVDShrink). iTunes has DRM but has that stopped it catching on? Sure, I wouldn't buy stuff off it, but people like me arn't going to make or break a format. Again, the mainstream uptake of linux is a perfect example of this. It's all down to what the average consumer wants; there's a whole lot of them.
I'd agree with you to an extent, I used the same case when trying to convince people about DVDs years back. But how many consumers (not slashdotters) use extra features or random access often? I'd be willing to bet money that a huge pertentage of DVDs (mainly rental these days) are only ever played from start to finish, with no extra features viewed. Commenteries are only viewed by film buffs, most people dont bother with deletes scenes, coz they were deleted for a reason and most people have worked that out now. And extra audio tracks are used for different terrortories which only saves the film studios money on duplication costs. Of couse there are always exceptions to these, but I'm going on my experiences with everyday people which view DVDs. Oh, and if a VHS gets scratched you can still watch it.
Your comment reminds me of hearing exactly the same sort of thing from a huge number of people when DVDs were launched. People who couldn't see their potential thought "why the hell would people buy DVDs over VHS when the only advantage is picture quality, and you can't even record on them". And very shortly after that DVDs were the fastest ever new techonology to be taken up by consumers. And it will be quite a few years until people will download HD movies.
I'm guessing if Endemol go ahead and do the US version, they'll now have to add another test into the mix which checks if they read slashdot regularly...
On the otherhand, with the ratings it's got so far in the UK, that's about as likely as them actually being in space...
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Think you're viewing things from quite a minority perpective, the average joe public couldn't give a toss if you can copy it... the populatiry of DVD video proves this (and no, most consumers dont know about things like DVDShrink). iTunes has DRM but has that stopped it catching on? Sure, I wouldn't buy stuff off it, but people like me arn't going to make or break a format. Again, the mainstream uptake of linux is a perfect example of this. It's all down to what the average consumer wants; there's a whole lot of them.
I'd agree with you to an extent, I used the same case when trying to convince people about DVDs years back. But how many consumers (not slashdotters) use extra features or random access often? I'd be willing to bet money that a huge pertentage of DVDs (mainly rental these days) are only ever played from start to finish, with no extra features viewed. Commenteries are only viewed by film buffs, most people dont bother with deletes scenes, coz they were deleted for a reason and most people have worked that out now. And extra audio tracks are used for different terrortories which only saves the film studios money on duplication costs. Of couse there are always exceptions to these, but I'm going on my experiences with everyday people which view DVDs. Oh, and if a VHS gets scratched you can still watch it.
Your comment reminds me of hearing exactly the same sort of thing from a huge number of people when DVDs were launched. People who couldn't see their potential thought "why the hell would people buy DVDs over VHS when the only advantage is picture quality, and you can't even record on them". And very shortly after that DVDs were the fastest ever new techonology to be taken up by consumers. And it will be quite a few years until people will download HD movies.
I imagine Autodesk were very aware this was going to happen sooner or later, so they've ported Inferno to linux
"Digital Singles without a physical variant will not be eligible"
I'm guessing if Endemol go ahead and do the US version, they'll now have to add another test into the mix which checks if they read slashdot regularly...
On the otherhand, with the ratings it's got so far in the UK, that's about as likely as them actually being in space...
Answer: They weren't allowed to go right up to the window, they were kept a few feet away, which would limit the paralax effect quite a bit..