NKAJ said:
selnor said:
WereKitten said:
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selnor said:
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Alot of people have 400+ dvd's and just cant be arsed to rebuy the films all again in Blu Ray. Then after another 5 years buy again on Blu Ray's successor.
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Can't find the logic in this statement when comparing BluRay to streaming.
With both BluRay and streaming you keep your old DVDs, you have to pay if you want one of your movies in a higher quality format. Actually the BluRay player will play your 400 DVDs, your streaming mediabox is not even necessarily equipped with an optical reader.
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How can you miss the point. Streaming in 1080p is easily obtainable. Thanks to M$ new technology.
It costs around £1 for me to watch HD 720p films off Live right now. For me to watch 720p Blu Ray film it costs me £17.99 brand new or £5 rental. Now do the math. From here on in on my Xbox 360 I ( and my friend ) can play all your existing DVD's on it and have the choice to play HD movies at a fraction of the cost of even buying a DVD.
You'll be saving yourself literally thousands of GBP by using Streaming services for the rest of your life instead of rebuying collections every new format.
August brings me here in the UK Sky via my 360. With HD 1080p streaming coming to it's the complete package. I will never need to buy another film. I'll save thousands like I said in my lifetime. Thats a new car, or holidays. College for my daughter. £5.99 gets you as many films streamed as you want when you want monthly in America. UK service is now not far away. And 1080p film access as good as what this thread shows is astonishing. And it ran in Dolby Digital 5.1 without a pause. Impressive to say the least.
My point was is Blu Ray will never hit even half DVD marketshare now. People will likely stick with DVD. Those who can afford Blu Ray likely can afford a good internet connection and will be able stream for less than half the price Blu Ray would cost you in your lifetime. Picture quality is now a moot subject. What we all just saw was amazing picture clarity.
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once again selnor is determined to prove Microsoft is best
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But his point here isn't MS is best, his point is that digital distribution is the future, not Bluray. I don't think anyone disagrees that eventually DD will largely replace physical media, the question is when.. and this new streaming technology moves that day closer.
I think this tech is great, and while there are certain of my favorite movies I will want on Bluray, such as Dark Knight, for movie rentals to be able to stream quality like this is phenomenal. Takes away a reason to drive to blockbuster, or wait for a disc to come in the mail. (Also, as regards rentals, no risk of forgetting to return it and paying late charges)
