Author Topic: Say "buh-bye" to the brick & morter video store (Read 302 times)

Sundowner · « **on:** April 03, 2006, 09:31:21 PM »

If you own a video store, sell it..QUICK!
Also, this is another nail in the coffin for the CD and DVD.They are both dead but just dont know it yet.
The only ingredient missing is ultra-wide bandwidth transfer rates becoming widespread to the average user.
Many broadband IPs are starting to bump their bandwidth even now.
My own IP, Charter, just sent out an offer to jump from 3Mbit to 5Mbit for $3.00US extra per month.
Regards
Sun

At last, movies to keep arrive on Net

Six major studios on Monday plan to begin selling movies over the Internet that buyers can download and keep for watching at any time.

Until now, the only downloads the studios have offered have been online rentals, which can be watched only for a 24-hour period--an idea that has not caught on with consumers. But the high prices and technological limits of the new permanent downloads suggest that they may not be an instant hit.

New movies will cost about $20 to $30 to download; older titles will cost as little as $10. The downloads will be available on the same day that the DVD is released--quicker than rentals, which are put online about 45 days later and cost $2 to $5.

Full Article:

http://news.com.com/At+last%2C+movies+to+keep+arrive+on+Net/2100-1026_3-6056829.html?tag=cd.top

wetrat · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2006, 11:26:12 PM »

Perfect, now people won't have to rip the DVD's before they throw them up on torrent sites... the industry's going to do it for them!!

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2006, 12:08:39 AM »

New movies will cost about $20 to $30 to download.

They are out of their ****ing minds.

nirvana · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2006, 12:28:26 AM »

No, no, no, this is like when the RIAA got pissed and started suing people all the while record execs still drove the CD prices higher.

Russian · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2006, 01:27:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
New movies will cost about $20 to $30 to download.

They are out of their ****ing minds.

...... no way in hell I'm paying that much. Mininova FTW!

Sundowner · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2006, 08:56:18 AM »

Definantly,for the moment,the download and "own"price is prohibitive. If competition is allowed I bet the price will drop.The money saved in shipping physical DVDs (of course minus Tx lines,Hosting, IE: cyber overhead) will be quite significant.
Regards
Sun

From the article:
"But the high prices and technological limits of the new permanent downloads suggest that they may not be an instant hit."

Sundowner · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2006, 09:02:48 AM »

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Originally posted by wetrat
Perfect, now people won't have to rip the DVD's before they throw them up on torrent sites... the industry's going to do it for them!!

wetrat

Funny AND true

Regards
Sun