One in eight to cut cable & satellite TV in 2010

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Since my boys have basically moved out, cable, landlines and satellite dishes are all gone at all of my residences. I am all high speed broadband where I can, and rely on a large collection of movies to feed all of my hometheaters no matter where I am. Any television I watch, is basically online internet based stuff, even the daily news can be had off of the net.

In saying all of that, the net will not replace my critical viewing of movies in the near future. The PQ and SQ will have to improve dramatically to get me to give up my discs!

[pixelthis]

Since my boys have basically moved out, cable, landlines and satellite dishes are all gone at all of my residences. I am all high speed broadband where I can, and rely on a large collection of movies to feed all of my hometheaters no matter where I am. Any television I watch, is basically online internet based stuff, even the daily news can be had off of the net.

In saying all of that, the net will not replace my critical viewing of movies in the near future. The PQ and SQ will have to improve dramatically to get me to give up my discs!

NOT REALLY.
We are down to two or three video stores in my town, and I DOUBT EVEN YOU
will buy every disc they want to watch.
Although there is good in everything, got two BLU discs , 3.98$ each at the local
movie gallery closeout.
Would have gotten more but that was all that was left.
SO its netflix, redbox, for discs, and how much BLU do they have?

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

NOT REALLY.
We are down to two or three video stores in my town, and I DOUBT EVEN YOU
will buy every disc they want to watch.

Remember, I said they moved out, so they are responsible for their own discs when they want to watch their own movies. Besides, we don't shop at any local stores, Amazon, studio friends, and a close friend who is a distributer is where I get my movies from exclusively. There hasn't been anything worth shopping at local in years.

Although there is good in everything, got two BLU discs , 3.98$ each at the local
movie gallery closeout.

Good price, hope you enjoy the movies!

Would have gotten more but that was all that was left.
SO its netflix, redbox, for discs, and how much BLU do they have?

Netflix has quite a bit of Bluray, especially new releases(that is another source of entertainment). Amazon has just about everything released in North America, and the prices are a bargain when you use the marketplace.

[Smokey]

Besides, we don't shop at any local stores, Amazon, studio friends, and a close friend who is a distributer is where I get my movies from exclusively. There hasn't been anything worth shopping at local in years.

There could be some good deals at local Big box stores such as BB, Target or Walmart if catching their weekly sales on DVD and Blu discs. There seem to be Blu-ray on sale for $10 almost every week in these stores.

And if you have Biglots store near by you can pick up DVDs for $3, and whole season TV shows for $6

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

There could be some good deals at local Big box stores such as BB, Target or Walmart if catching their weekly sales on DVD and Blu discs. There seem to be Blu-ray on sale for $10 almost every week in these stores.

And if you have Biglots store near by you can pick up DVDs for $3, and whole season TV shows for $6

Smoke, I'll have to admit that I haven't purchase a single DVD since December 2006. I have purchased nothing but Blu-rays since then.

[pixelthis]

There could be some good deals at local Big box stores such as BB, Target or Walmart if catching their weekly sales on DVD and Blu discs. There seem to be Blu-ray on sale for $10 almost every week in these stores.

And if you have Biglots store near by you can pick up DVDs for $3, and whole season TV shows for $6

yeah, whole "seasons" of obscure cowboy series from the fifties.
AND not only 10$, I scored the Arrival, a minor sci-fi classic, on BLU for eight dollars
at walfart.
BLU is basically an upgrade of DVD, and I think most "get" that.
The Blue laser allows for Blu to be the way DVD should have been.
BUT except for collectors and the occasional family movie there wont be a market for either in a few years.
Not even at smokies fire sale prices.
Hard media is an inefficient way to deliver content, soon price will reflect that,
and that will be allsherote

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

yeah, whole "seasons" of obscure cowboy series from the fifties.
AND not only 10$, I scored the Arrival, a minor sci-fi classic, on BLU for eight dollars
at walfart.
BLU is basically an upgrade of DVD, and I think most "get" that.
The Blue laser allows for Blu to be the way DVD should have been.
BUT except for collectors and the occasional family movie there wont be a market for either in a few years.
Not even at smokies fire sale prices.
Hard media is an inefficient way to deliver content, soon price will reflect that,
and that will be allsherote

Until downloads can acheive the same quality as a Blu ray disc, there will always be a market for a Blu ray disc, it ain't goin anywhere soon. People who are quality concious(that would exclude you basically) are not going to abandon the quest for quality just to follow mediocre sheeple viewing quality habits, or because there is more convience. They will continue to pursue the best quality even if it confines them to a physical disc.

[Ajani]

Until downloads can acheive the same quality as a Blu ray disc, there will always be a market for a Blu ray disc, it ain't goin anywhere soon. People who are quality concious(that would exclude you basically) are not going to abandon the quest for quality just to follow mediocre sheeple viewing quality habits, or because there is more convience. They will continue to pursue the best quality even if it confines them to a physical disc.

I agree... I still buy my music on CDs (and then rip them to lossless files for my music server) as I'm not interested in accepting lower quality audio from the iTunes store etc... Once lossless and/or high res files are the default from online sites, then I'll stop buying CDs... So I see essentially the same thing applying to movie buffs...