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dharh on 18 July 2010
Cypher1980 said:
dharh said:

I do agree with you there. I seriously wish netflix didn't have to wrangle so hard to get digital copies of movies.

Thats where I think the physical medium comes in. Watch hundreds of movies via a streaming subscriptions. Buy the physical movie if its super awesome. There are still a majority of people who cannot and will not for quite a while be able to stream 1080p.

Blu-ray fills the gap of people wanting to _own_ a physical copy of an awesome movie and wanting to watch it in 1080p if their bandwidth services aren't good enough.

I think this is true of countries with poor infrastructures. However in the UK so long as you are not totally rural in locale then 20Mb Broadband is available for about 20 bucks a month.

I dont know how good the Broadband is in the States but I would assume its comparable to Europe.


In the states its high prices and low bandwidth.



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Cypher1980 on 19 July 2010
dharh said:
Cypher1980 said:
dharh said:

I do agree with you there. I seriously wish netflix didn't have to wrangle so hard to get digital copies of movies.

Thats where I think the physical medium comes in. Watch hundreds of movies via a streaming subscriptions. Buy the physical movie if its super awesome. There are still a majority of people who cannot and will not for quite a while be able to stream 1080p.

Blu-ray fills the gap of people wanting to _own_ a physical copy of an awesome movie and wanting to watch it in 1080p if their bandwidth services aren't good enough.

I think this is true of countries with poor infrastructures. However in the UK so long as you are not totally rural in locale then 20Mb Broadband is available for about 20 bucks a month.

I dont know how good the Broadband is in the States but I would assume its comparable to Europe.


In the states its high prices and low bandwidth.

Your kidding me ? How can the States be so far behind ?



Vetteman94 on 20 July 2010
Cypher1980 said:

In the states its high prices and low bandwidth.
dharh said:
Cypher1980 said:
dharh said:

I do agree with you there. I seriously wish netflix didn't have to wrangle so hard to get digital copies of movies.

Thats where I think the physical medium comes in. Watch hundreds of movies via a streaming subscriptions. Buy the physical movie if its super awesome. There are still a majority of people who cannot and will not for quite a while be able to stream 1080p.

Blu-ray fills the gap of people wanting to _own_ a physical copy of an awesome movie and wanting to watch it in 1080p if their bandwidth services aren't good enough.

I think this is true of countries with poor infrastructures. However in the UK so long as you are not totally rural in locale then 20Mb Broadband is available for about 20 bucks a month.

I dont know how good the Broadband is in the States but I would assume its comparable to Europe.

Your kidding me ? How can the States be so far behind ?

Well its mainly because there has never been any legislation to push our infrastructure to the next level.  There is some now,  but it will take 5-10 years before that is realized.  

I have alwyays found it odd that the US is this far behind, but its one of the main reasons why I keep saying DD movies will not succeed. 



Vetteman94 on 20 July 2010

Hell just as a reference for you.   I have a 20MB download and a 2 MB upload service that costs me $80 a month.

The basic package through my service provider is 5MB download and 500KB upload for $50.



Vetteman94 on 20 July 2010

Here are the numbers for week ending 06/27/2010

Blu-ray Ratio 12:88      Bad Week for this week

Top 20 Blu-ray Ratio: 26:74      Not a bad week for our Top 20,  19 out of 20 available on Blu-ray

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Vetteman94 on 20 July 2010

Here are the numbers for week ending 07/04/2010

Blu-ray Ratio 11:89      Bad Week for this week

Top 20 Blu-ray Ratio: 24:76      Not a bad week for our Top 20,  18 out of 20 available on Blu-ray

Top 20 Sellers



Vetteman94 on 20 July 2010

Here are the numbers for week ending 07/11/2010

Blu-ray Ratio 10:90      Very Bad Week for this week

Top 20 Blu-ray Ratio: 23.5:76.5      Not bad but not good week for our Top 20, all 20 available on Blu-ray

Top 20 Sellers



Cypher1980 on 20 July 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Cypher1980 said:

In the states its high prices and low bandwidth.
dharh said:
Cypher1980 said:
dharh said:

I do agree with you there. I seriously wish netflix didn't have to wrangle so hard to get digital copies of movies.

Thats where I think the physical medium comes in. Watch hundreds of movies via a streaming subscriptions. Buy the physical movie if its super awesome. There are still a majority of people who cannot and will not for quite a while be able to stream 1080p.

Blu-ray fills the gap of people wanting to _own_ a physical copy of an awesome movie and wanting to watch it in 1080p if their bandwidth services aren't good enough.

I think this is true of countries with poor infrastructures. However in the UK so long as you are not totally rural in locale then 20Mb Broadband is available for about 20 bucks a month.

I dont know how good the Broadband is in the States but I would assume its comparable to Europe.

Your kidding me ? How can the States be so far behind ?

Well its mainly because there has never been any legislation to push our infrastructure to the next level.  There is some now,  but it will take 5-10 years before that is realized.  

I have alwyays found it odd that the US is this far behind, but its one of the main reasons why I keep saying DD movies will not succeed. 


Well if what you say is true then DD movies wont succeed in the States anytime soon.

Those prices are incredible. For what you pay for 5Mb I can get a 40Mb link with 10Mb upload and no contention.

I'm not sold on DD even in Europe, but streaming is starting to really take off over here.

Even for those on poor bandwidth SKY (Sat Tv Provider) have found a solution. They just record encrypted movies on your PVR at night when your asleep and not using the box. Can record two channels and the movies streams are just saved to disk.

Almost magically movies on demand everyday with no wait time.

Blu Ray in the UK is having the life choked out of it in a three way fight with some nasty characters.

1. "Johnny VOD" (Video on Demand) Small and agile quick to impress people with 2Mb internet links or better. 600 movies and thousands of Tv shows all available at the touch of the remote.

2. "Danny Whats his name" (Lack of education and advertising) The common man still doesnt know what Blu Ray is and aside from a few specialist retailers its getting pretty poor exposure. For instance my local superstore 1 BluRay display (not properly marked) versus 10 DVD racks.

Advertising in the UK is a joke. I havent seen a BluRay specific ad in months. The Blu Ray consortium really need to carry the can on this one.

3. The Big Brute "Damien Recession". Biting as well as punching, kicking and pulling hair. The real bad boy.

The recession still looms large over Europe and my government has just held an Emergency budget. Sales Tax up. Pay freezes all across the country and of course Cuts Cuts Cuts. You dont want to be pedalling a premium product in that climate.



zarx on 20 July 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Cypher1980 said:
Vetteman94 said:
sethnintendo said:
Vetteman94 said:
archer9234 said:

The reason why they don't use a SD card or other solid media, is the pricing. 50GB SD cards to equal Bluray space, are still in the expensive range. "You" don't like buying movies and TV shows. The rest of the world is differnet.


Correct,  movies would cost close to $40 a piece if they were on SD cards or flash drives.


SD cards are getting cheaper each year and soon will be able to get 50gb for pretty damn cheap. 

@archer9234, yes I am glad you said that.  I am different from the rest of world.  I would label myself as crazy if I was another person.  You know what?  I like being different.  Better than being a mindless sheep.


You are a mindless sheep,  you are paying for something you dont own and never will own, unlike my physical copy o the movie.  

Sorry Dude you only own the physical medium not the copy of the movie.

The movie and all likeness contained within remains the property of the copyright holder !

Welcome to Crappy Corporate America

No, I own a copy of the movie on the physical medium, I may not have many rights to it like to make copies, but I still own a copy. My main point was my copy of the movie cant be taken away from me,  while a digital copy can be.

actually you own a disc that happens to contain a copy of a movie on it. And as for your main point that copy can be taken away from you, it could be stolen, damaged to the point where it is unreadable etc. A digital copy can be re downloaded at any time as long as the company is still active. And additionally there are DRM schemes in the works which could have your player connect to the Internet to check if your copy is legit and block it if it isn't it is only a small step to move to a system that could censor banned material etc it's a brave new world out there lol.



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Cypher1980 on 20 July 2010
zarx said:
Vetteman94 said:
Cypher1980 said:
Vetteman94 said:
sethnintendo said:
Vetteman94 said:
archer9234 said:

The reason why they don't use a SD card or other solid media, is the pricing. 50GB SD cards to equal Bluray space, are still in the expensive range. "You" don't like buying movies and TV shows. The rest of the world is differnet.


Correct,  movies would cost close to $40 a piece if they were on SD cards or flash drives.


SD cards are getting cheaper each year and soon will be able to get 50gb for pretty damn cheap. 

@archer9234, yes I am glad you said that.  I am different from the rest of world.  I would label myself as crazy if I was another person.  You know what?  I like being different.  Better than being a mindless sheep.


You are a mindless sheep,  you are paying for something you dont own and never will own, unlike my physical copy o the movie.  

Sorry Dude you only own the physical medium not the copy of the movie.

The movie and all likeness contained within remains the property of the copyright holder !

Welcome to Crappy Corporate America

No, I own a copy of the movie on the physical medium, I may not have many rights to it like to make copies, but I still own a copy. My main point was my copy of the movie cant be taken away from me,  while a digital copy can be.

actually you own a disc that happens to contain a copy of a movie on it. And as for your main point that copy can be taken away from you, it could be stolen, damaged to the point where it is unreadable etc. A digital copy can be re downloaded at any time as long as the company is still active. And additionally there are DRM schemes in the works which could have your player connect to the Internet to check if your copy is legit and block it if it isn't it is only a small step to move to a system that could censor banned material etc it's a brave new world out there lol.

Nah I tried telling him but he didnt want to know. Save your breath.

I appreciate you typed your response, but its an appropriate turn of phrase.