Sir Terrence the Terrible]You are older than myself and have not learned about civil discourse without the name calling? This is not a feather in your cap.

I just call things as I see them

This trip down memory lane has zero relevance to the topic at hand. What you are doing, what Nighliar is doing, and what I am doing does not reflect what the rest of America is doing. You have to look at the trends, and downloading software, passing music, doing research online and surfing, are not the same as downloading a movie to a hometheater and watching it. There is no trend that point to that. Downloading a television show that was free on network televsion is not the same thing. Trading bootleg files is not the same thing. Storing music is one thing(I have three hard drives full of music) but storing a movie file that has the elements of the disc is not a widespread thing. Until it becomes one, the studio will not release content this way.

Who cares about "elements" of the disc"


I do not watch episodes of television on my computer. I do download youtube, but is that the same experience as looking at spidey 3 on my hometheater. I think not. Once again, what you do, and what all of America is doing is not the same. And to make the assumption its the same, is more irrogant than one can believe.

the first time Jericho was on it was like a serial. If I MISSED an episode I went to CBS.com and caught up, sometimes I went to the TV section of my VOD AND WATCHED IT IN hd, FOR FREE.
Funny how nobodies doing this stuff but it remains available, guess these dumb corp
types arent as smart as you(even tho they can spell "arrogant")

And do I watch tv on my computer? All the time, since my 37in monitor does double duty as a computer desktop and HT screen. Convergence has happened big time in my house.
And its funny how I couldnt get anybody interested in laser, but EVERYBODY wants to
know how to hook their computer up to their TV like I do.



Its been that way since the compact disc for music, and the DVD for films. Not anything new here.

No, its not news, but you don't seem to understand it


buggy before horse. When ALL of America has hard drives and no disc, then you can say this. To say this now means you live on another planet(which wouldn't surprise me one bit)

I do live on another planet than you, its called EARTH'

All of America has hard drives, in ipods, dvd recorders, computers, PDA's, you name it.
And yes they have disc, but to say that its one or the other is kinda stupid even for you.
I listen to hard drive music, and STILL have the first record I ever got (honkey chateu)

When the austute inform themselves on what the industry REALLY is doing, and not what they THINK its doing, they know that downloading movies to own is currently a disaster. Downloading for rentals is not making any headway against renting physical disc. You guys keep comparing movies with music and they are not the same. Music has a very short window of value, movies do not. The cost of producing an album is no where near the cost of creating a movie. The market for older music is fading fast, but the market for classic movies does not appear to be that way.

Tell that to David Bowie. A few years ago he made a bond offering, based on future sales of his catalog. Sold fifty million in bonds, and hasnt had a serious hit in decades
AND the cost of producing something has no relation to its intrinsic value.
people shop and most see no difference between a CD and a movie, both are forms of entertainment. Doesnt matter how much they cost. Getting the production cost down
to where you can make money is econ 101, because people dont give a rats ass how much it costs, they still will only pay so much.
Which is why vod is gonna give you a swift kick in the netherregions, the infrastructure
is there, the cost is miniscule, and the potential profit is hugh, a paradigm shift is all that has to happen, and it will happen, if it hasnt already

When we get to 2050, then maybe you have a point. You may know about downloading, but you do not know the movie industry at all. Follow the money guys, that is what they do. And the money is not in downloads, its in disc no matter haw draconian you think that is.[/QUOTE]
Today.
Tommorrow , after the dollar futher devalues, and people are broke, most will still have some kind of computer, cable, sat dish.
VOD will be cheap, and just a buttonpush away. 2050 is a tad late, try 2010.