Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> ...
>
> It's beginning to look like that rotating storage stuff might not be around
> on down the road. Me thinks maybe DVD and BlueRay might be in trouble too in
> 5 or 10 years.
>
I've read a consumer electronics pundit who suggested that Blue Ray may
never become a big volume market like DVD.
For many video sources, DVD on a good player, esp. the ones that
upsample to HD, the images are either as good as the original allows or
pretty close to HD.
I have been convinced for some time that Web/Cable/Satellite will in the
not distant future offer video on demand that covers everything
available on DVD and then some for very low prices, probably in the
vicinity of $1-2 of today's dollars. As storage costs go down, this
would allow the delivery systems providers to compete and to reap a
greater share and absolute $ amount of consumer payments for content.
Today, the monthly fees for premium channels offer lots of movies at
quite low prices apiece if one watches a fair number per month. If the
byte distributor offers a much wider selection available anytime for a
comparable price, they cut out the middle man and share only royalties
with the video rights owners.
The Digital Rights Management structure is already falling into place.
Some content from HBO and associated channels is now DRM protected on
DISH network. One may record it on the DISH DVR. The DISH firmware will
then allow you to copy it to other devices like an external HD (with
DRM) or player, but to do so, you must agree to have the DVR copy
erased; after copying and can't copy it back.
I haven't tried it, but I suppose it wil still be possible to "play" it
into an older VCR without DRM built-in, but the system will simply
refuse to copy to a HD that doesn't have DRM control.
Moose
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