windbane said: ***quoted stuff removed*** As others have said, you can't just buy a single song in a movie, so the advantage is lessened. Itunes also has DRM that is annoying, which is why Universal, I believe, left them. itunes plus is DRM free and so is amazon mp3s are the same quality as cds to most people, but movie downloads are not on par with blu-ray quality. mp3 are lower quality than cds - just not enough for people to care. so a download doesn't really have to meet the standard of blu ray - just the standard of what people care. as the public is currently happy with SD it's not really an unattainable standard. mp3s have been around for many many years, and yet cds are still around. I said we agree that if streaming movies happens it will be 5 years as mentioned by that article above, and even then blu-ray will still be successful. quite right...but as downloads are already gaining momentum the success of blu ray will probably be smaller than the peak years of dvd since they are completing on two fronts instead of dvd's one. On this point: "Add that to the list: you can buy single songs and not just albums, the players are smaller, they don't skip, and they hold significantly more songs without having to put in new data." Just to respond in order concerning the comparison with movies: you won't buy single chapters of movies; the players are not smaller; blu-rays don't skip because they are unscratchable, but streaming movies can freeze and skip if your internet connection screws up (or cable connection); and you can hold more data when it is compressed but the quality of streaming is not 1080p. ipod video vs. ps3. which is smaller? which is portable? portability is a huge connivence factor and a huge selling point. concerning buying single songs vs. chapters of a movie....how about buying one episode of a tv show instead of an entire season. I just don't think it will be any time soon that movie downloads are as good of an option as mp3s, and it will still be more of a rental thing. NETFLIX!!!! unlimited content!!!! gimme gimme gimme!!!!
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