Why DVD And Blu-Ray Should Finally Die

[newarkhiphop]

Over the past week, I’ve spent most of my entertainment time watching movies and television shows either on demand, through Netflix and Hulu Plus, or streaming over my home network. And along the way, it got me thinking: why do I really need discs?


DVD and Blu-ray mean big money for studios. After all, the companies develop blockbuster hits, and then after printing some discs, charge a boatload of cash just so you can get your hands on them. It’s a great deal for those companies.

For us, however, I’m not so sold. The fact is, I don’t like dealing with storing DVDs and Blu-ray discs. And getting up to sift through my library, find the show or movie I want to watch, and then pop it into a player is just a pain. It’s about time physical media just dies.

Of course, I understand that what I’m saying is something that many of you might already feel. But why hasn’t the death of physical media come quicker?

For one thing, it might just be the speed of our Internet connections. Unfortunately, certain countries, like the U.S., are still far behind in terms of broadband speeds than they should be. And despite promises from Washington, I’ve yet to see a single indication made by politicians that would lead us to believe that’s going to change anytime soon.

Beyond that, I’m suspect of the cloud-based services we have now. Sure, Netflix and Hulu Plus work, but they’re not ideal. And the companies that actually own the content aren’t so willing to play nice.

Which, of course, brings us to our next issue: the content companies.

"Studios have decided that making users the enemy is just fine"
Unfortunately, for years now, the studios have decided that making services, and thus their users, the enemies is just fine. The studios seem to reason that by doing so, they’ll be able to make far more cash. And in the process, consumers will just accept that and move on.

But why should we accept that? As far as I’m concerned, it’s best for everyone to accept that discs are a thing of the past. The sooner we can all accept that and start doubling down on the digital craze, the better. It’s not only in our interests, but I would argue that if studios actually took the time and put real effort into developing a digital strategy, over time, they could make it quite profitable.

Still, we sit here hoping for a day when physical media will die a cold and lonely death. After all, once that happens, we’ll be able to throw out our entertainment centers and save space in our living rooms for furniture. And with all of our favorite shows and movies in the cloud, ready for the taking, we can reduce all of the time we waste just to find what we want to watch, pop it into a player, and then wait for it to load.

The future has been, is, and forever will be digital. It’s about time we and all of the studios accept that.

Why DVD And Blu-Ray Should Finally Die - SlashGear

 

[Real]

All physical media is gonna die at some point

 

[Tom]

Until they make HDDs that are indestructible on some "black box" airplane shyt then I'll still continue to fuk with physical media.


Ain't nothing worse than a loud bump or ur HDD receiving some kind of accidental impact and ur entire collection/thousands of films that you've been accumulating over the years immediately becoming non existent.

Heard too many stories on this site and sohh where cats HDDs just died out the blue after some shyt like that, all information lost forever (or info that could only be gotten back for a large price)

 

[MikelArteta]

I agree

Im suppose to spend like 40 bucks on a blu ray season of a tv show I can stream in hd and get a bunc of other titles?

Soon it will be like how Ebooks are beating hard copies.

I wanted to watch Friday night lights Walmart ha each season on DVD for 20 bucks each,
I don't even spend 100 a year on Netflix

 

[Real]

Until they make HDDs that are indestructible on some "black box" airplane shyt then I'll still continue to fuk with physical media.


Ain't nothing worse than a loud bump or ur HDD receiving some kind of accidental impact and ur entire collection/thousands of films that you've been accumulating over the years immediately becoming non existent.

That's why cloud media is gonna take over

 

[Tom]

That's why cloud media is gonna take over

even worse, putting ur precious ish in the hands of another server/someone else.

u already saw what happened to cats who had irreplaceable shyt on megaupload's cloud service, where that shyt at now b?


http://www.extremetech.com/computin...ppens-to-your-files-when-a-cloud-service-dies

Some of those users took to Twitter complaining about the loss of their files, as first reported by TorrentFreak. "I had files up there...gone forever..and they were personal recordings! No copyright infringement!" said Twitter user J. Amir. Another user complained that her work files were now gone, and others used more colorful language to describe their predicament.

 

[Real]

even worse, putting ur precious ish in the hands of another server/someone else.

U knw how much of you information are in servers already? Your ssn#, creditcard info, address...and u worried about a fast five dvd?

 

[Tom]

Personal items, Homegrown porn of u and ur wifey, music you recorded, photos, irreplaceable data etc.


don't be an idiot bro.


but even if its just films you have stored, if ur the type of dude who collects films/music etc and eventually ends up having thousands of films you deem "classic" on an HDD/cloud service. If that gets damaged then THAT IS a loss.

 

[King Sun]

PM MAABB!!!!

 

[Tom]

BTW I don't buy shyt and download everything except video games.

I just back up everything I deem very important on dvd dual layers


fuk HDDs and clouds, don't trust them shyts until they become Black Box status

 

[King Sun]

BTW I don't buy shyt and download everything except video games.

I just back up everything I deem very important on dvd dual layers


fuk HDDs and clouds, don't trust them shyts until they become Black Box status

plus you have eulas now having you agree that you don't completely own "your games and movies"

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Why cant we have both?

Fukking faggits I swear

 

[jadillac]

Only Bluray or DVD's I even buy at this point is Wrestlemania.

I NEVER buy movies....unless they're older movies. Why pay $15-20 for something I will probaly only watch once. I dont DL either for the very fact that I'm never gonna watch it anyway

 

[Real]

even worse, putting ur precious ish in the hands of another server/someone else.

u already saw what happened to cats who had irreplaceable shyt on megaupload's cloud service, where that shyt at now b?


Megaupload’s demise: What happens to your files when a cloud service dies? | ExtremeTech

Are u tht much of a dumbass tht you are comparing an illegal file host site like megaupload, to something legit as itunes or the play store?

 

[Tom]

megaupload ain't illegal bytch

case got dropped