vizunary said:
Does anyone with this attitude have ANY idea how long it took a DVD title to sell it's first million? The adoption rate for high def formats is about FIVE times higher than was DVD penetration. As for digital distribution??? So what kind of speed do you get on that T1 connection? At 1.5 mbps a 50 gig HD movie with extras would only take about 9.259 HRS to d/l, and at double that speed 3.0mbps(which is VERY uncommon right now) we're only looking at 4.629 HRS and 6.0mbps we're down to ONLY 2.314 hours...........so when exactly is this gonna be pratical? BTW, some people will ALWAYS want to have a collection, started with rocks, then maybe logs... then books, records, 8tracks, cassettes, VHS, CDs, DVDs, even video games for christs sakes, and now I have a lovely collection of BDs and if Universal doesn't pull there head outta their ass soon I will pick up a cheap ass HDA2 =) |
You're making two assumptions that may not be true:
- People care about the extras
- People care about High Definition
The reason why HDTV sales have skyrocketed recently is because affordable flat-panel displays recently became HDTVs; before that people were buying LCD EDTVs in record numbers. A conclusion you could make is that people like inexpensive flat panel displays regardless of resolution. Highly compressed 1080i/720p would be adequate for the majority of users.
As for extras, I can't remember the last time I bothered to look at the extra features on a DVD.
Right now, people are getting digital cable boxes installed at a much faster pace than are buying HD-DVD and Blu-Ray combined. Most cable companies are offering video on demand and the only thing that is preventing this from dominating is the price; people are used to renting a movie for $5 and would be willing to purchase a downloaded video for $5 but many companies are asking $8 to $10.
