I always hear all this talk about how downloads will replace Optical dics. I don't believe that to be the case. Not just for any one reason, but for many reasons. It's easy to see things are changing fast. I bought a HD DVD player several months back and this week I will be buying a Blu Ray. But despite change people still like things that they can feel, hold, and touch. People also list to show the things that they have, that will never change. I know people point at iTunes as the wave of the future and they are a big part of music, but CDs are still here and still sell. If they didn't, you wouldn't see them in stores. For example, I have an iPod, and hundreds of songs on MP3, I can download extremely fast since I have a cable modem, yet I still have my 700 CDs from when I was in my 20s. Maybe they take me back to when I had just got of High School and when things were fun. A time when bills did not concern me much. I also have around 800-900 DVDs. Will I sell them to go Hi Def. No. I still will be HD and Blu Ray movies of some of my favorites and some big blockbusters with tons of effects, but my DVD collection is here to stay. Why because there is room for them and my Hi Def discs also. I rember when VHS was the big then and a movie on VHS was like $25 or more. My dad bought them and still has some of those original tapes sitting in a drawer. Maybe it's that I am getting older, but even as I move into the future, there is always room for this from before. For this reason, I don't think everyone will just keep going from new thing to newer thing. I believe people stick with what they like. That's why you see people driving older muscle cars and why people like my uncle still listen to 8 track and continue looking for more music on it. Another reason, as stated my others on this site is that not every one has fast internet. I have cable which is fast, but my girlfriend has dial-up. I had no clue how slow this was in comparison until we both downloaded the same program. I downloaded iTunes to my computer and it was done in a matter of minutes. She downloaded it and it took 2 1/2 hours. I can't imagine how long it would take to down load a movie, but if it is anywhen near that amount of time, it might just be faster to drive 10 minutes to the local Walmart or Blockbuster and buy or rent the movie. Last not everyone feels like doing everything via internet. I remember buying DVDs several times at Walmart, where it would have a special code to download the same movie online for 99cents. I thought about it for a split second but didn't do it. I enjoy seeing the movie in a nice box, with fancy art work on the cover, and being able to read special features on the back. I enjoy being able at anytime to grab my movie and go to a friends house to show them this great movie that I told them so much about. I like that it is simple. I take the movie out, put it in the player and push play. All this are reason that I enjoy Movies on Discs, whether it is DVD, HD DVD, or Blu ray. I guess in the end it is up to each person to decide what they enjoy and what they feel comfortable with. This is just me and my opinion. By the way, I remember my dad buying a VHS recorder when it first came out and it costing him $900. It was a sharp, and supprisingly it lasted him 10 years before he had to replace it. Sorry about the long read.
01-09-2008, 04:31 AM
Why I think Hi Def will be okay. Just my opinion. Long Read.
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