Wish i could download 50Gb movies at 10Mbps it only takes 11 hours to get a 50Gb at that rate.
Problem is i cant in fact i only manage ~480Kbps so it would take me 200hours to get 50Gb and
so i think the Disk market is still going to continue untill everyone is getting ADSL2 or faster speeds, no boubt it's a huge potential market but there is plenty of life left in disc sales.
Also it's funny people spend more money leaving their computer running in electricity and ISP costs ,and storage costs to download a possibly bootleg movie which they can legitimatly hire or Buy for less money time and effort.
Also the legitimate version comes in full quality with a nice cover etc and knowing that at least some of their money spent may actually end up in producing a sequal as well.
Since the cost to manufacture-produce a blu-ray is only around 1-2(AUD) dollars and will drop rappidly this represents under 5% of the current sales price, and the shops seem to charge $10 extra for a blue ray (~$40) title vs DVD (~$30), i can easily see blu-ray disks being sold for under $5(AUD) apiece in a few years and still being profitable just like cheap DVD's are.
Image quality you get is awesome - you wont notice unless you have a 1080P display but i am now used to this level of quality. And dont mind paying a little more for it.
As people get used to Digital TV broadcasts in 1080 they will notice it more when they go back to standard definition DVD's so i think it's probably going to do fine , true wont eliminate DVD but i can see it taking half the new release DVD market within 4 years.
1080p is cinema quality( many movies are actually shot in 1080p or 2K format) , and significantly better image quality.than 480 or 576.
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