17th December 2012, 2:54 PM
Streaming is a big deal, but will never replace some form of real ownership. The big problem with stuff like Hulu and Netflix is how temporary their movie selection can be. Even if they solidify more deals, there's no promises any of that will be there years hence. As such, I don't see Blu Rays lasting for 10 years, but I do see permanent digital purchases staying around for a long time as an alternative to streaming.
(Notably, the extended bluray editions of Lord of the Rings actually require you to switch disks, like it was a VHS or something. The big offender appears to be the PCM quality commentaries, which this particular release has a LOT of. If they just scaled the commentary sound quality back a lot, they might have been able to fit the extended editions on one disk. Really no reason they couldn't have anyway, the extended editions aren't THAT extended (no Tom Bombadil).
Ultraviolet is this attempt at a standard method of buying digital movies. I have yet to bother with that. The digital restrictions are just too high. If they scale it back a bit, it would be a lot better. As it stands, I'll just be ripping my Bluray movies if I want a digital copy.
(Notably, the extended bluray editions of Lord of the Rings actually require you to switch disks, like it was a VHS or something. The big offender appears to be the PCM quality commentaries, which this particular release has a LOT of. If they just scaled the commentary sound quality back a lot, they might have been able to fit the extended editions on one disk. Really no reason they couldn't have anyway, the extended editions aren't THAT extended (no Tom Bombadil).
Ultraviolet is this attempt at a standard method of buying digital movies. I have yet to bother with that. The digital restrictions are just too high. If they scale it back a bit, it would be a lot better. As it stands, I'll just be ripping my Bluray movies if I want a digital copy.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)