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SvennoJ on 19 September 2016
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Ganoncrotch said:
Soundwave said:

The problem with streaming is there are bandwidth issues in North/South America and Europe will streaming top quality 4K content, so physical content is still relevant. Like there's not much point in wanting 4K for better image quality if said quality of video stream is like 4-5 mbps. You may as well just have bought a 1080P TV in that case. 

Bandwidth caps can be increased with far greater ease than say... reopening brands of Video stores and reopening music/Dvd/BluRay shops which have almost all closed in my town of close to 24k people.

This is the point where online shopping comes into it... but again you are going to the internet for the media why not just take that extra step and go to Amazon or Netflix instead then, if you're willing to wait a few days for the thing to be shipped out for you surely you would wait for a minute to let a 4k file buffer?

Downloading a blu-ray would clog up my internet for about 6 hours, a 4K UHD for 12. One day we'll have fiber too, no plans of that happening anytime soon yet. And if you want the extras and/or lossless sound options you don't have much choice.

I'm still disappointed in 4K blu-ray. Disc size increase is too small, you still need a 2nd disc for extras, and I doubt it will let you start the movie straight away as with streaming. The annoying part of blu-ray is all the unskippable shit before you can finally start the movie. I don't mind the dolby atmos trailer though :)