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Digital d/ls are just inconvenient
I would never store my movies on hard drive... I would
rather own something physical so that way I can lend
to my friends, people can browse through my collection
or simply sell it later. Now can you do anything like
this for d/l movies? nope. What if the hard drive
crashes, I mean imagine losing terabytes of data,
that's a hell of a lot of movies and I assume you can
re-d/l them back but that would take days/weeks to get
it all back...

As of now, I don't see any advantages over Digital
downloads... I'll be buying optical discs especially
Blu-ray for a very long time until something better
comes a long, I don't foresee digital d/ls being the
future but we'll see...
Posted by: Saberr   Posted on: 10/31/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Absolutely ... You are dead on  russc@... | 10/31/08
Pay per view: good point!  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 10/31/08
Yes pay per view is the future  gtg781w | 11/03/08
If quality doesn't matter...  paferg | 11/04/08
If a blu-ray disc is 50GB, how does a download help?  HypnoToad | 10/31/08
35 Gbytes of fluff, minimum.  TripleII | 10/31/08
TOO MUCH FLUFF, TOO MUCH DRM  High Altitude | 11/03/08
Funny  Mike Hunt | 11/03/08
Just because you're doing well  tikigawd | 11/05/08
Digital d/ls are just inconvenient  Saberr | 10/31/08
I prefer physical media too  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 10/31/08
how about....  jglmdvc@... | 11/05/08
ever heard of backing?  doctorSpoc | 11/01/08
You're in the "technical" minority  Documatador | 11/03/08
Only for today.  Digital Video Expert | 11/03/08
Bending over for DRM  hillr | 11/03/08
boy, do I agree with you...  jglmdvc@... | 11/05/08
What happened in music...  arminw | 11/04/08
Inconsitencies  Bozzer | 11/04/08
I'd wager a guess  laura.b | 11/10/08
Digital d/ls  perversion2003@... | 11/03/08
Physical Media (disc) for me too!  scoobyJ | 11/04/08
what is safe  Terry Belanger | 11/04/08
Nothing is "safe"  Ozone71 | 11/04/08
Every drive can be...  arminw | 11/04/08
I agree we will D/L in the future. But what about today?  IanSmithCA | 12/03/08
Revenue Share is NOT 15?  jordanlund | 10/31/08
The Real problems is  Mectron | 10/31/08
Your correct.  phatkat | 11/04/08
Learn English please  rle11wb@... | 11/04/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  bitshiftr | 10/31/08
Outstanding point.  Cayble | 10/31/08
Since we've drifted off to audio...  Azathoth | 11/03/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  gertruded | 10/31/08
Missing the point....  nzjono | 10/31/08
You mean...  bitshiftr | 10/31/08
If you want to stick with DVD that is fine...  shaun.watson@... | 11/05/08
There's the key...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/06/08
Just like some want to stick with DVD....  shaun.watson@... | 11/10/08
How many people...  arminw | 11/04/08
I certainly did not miss the point.  jglmdvc@... | 11/05/08
I agree with you  mikey0357 | 11/15/08
Understandably so...  bitshiftr | 10/31/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  nzjono | 10/31/08
Blu-Ray is as dead as ATREC-3  Wdabrock | 11/01/08
2 reasons for not liking blu-ray.  TripleII | 11/01/08
re: 2 reasons for not liking blu-ray.  Saberr | 11/01/08
BD devolution  Wdabrock | 11/02/08
Intellectually dishonest!  ShadeTree | 11/02/08
Thanks for agreeing!  Wdabrock | 11/02/08
Nice spin!  ShadeTree | 11/03/08
yeah...I noticed the difference  Yax_to_the_Max | 11/03/08
Resolution helps smoothness of rendering  Patanjali | 12/28/08
That's EXACTLY what I said, lol.  TripleII | 11/02/08
I'd like to see . . .  JLHenry | 11/02/08
Is English your second language or ....  ShadeTree | 11/03/08
Dang...I wish I was ShadeTree...ummm, maybe not  Yax_to_the_Max | 11/03/08
Married with kids and grand kids.  ShadeTree | 11/04/08
Man, Shade!  Mike Hunt | 11/03/08
Recommended Viewing Distances.  Bozzer | 11/04/08
Is English your second language?  deanders | 11/04/08
Why anti-blu ray?  jglmdvc@... | 11/01/08
Corollas and porsche  Yax_to_the_Max | 11/03/08
Are you blind?  glocks out | 11/01/08
Yes he is!  Visor | 11/04/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel - Bandwidth  dellpj@... | 11/03/08
The Real Problem With Broadband  raisch@... | 11/03/08
Bandwidth Caps  discodave3825 | 11/04/08
Blu-ray vs. HD  Dalmixdad | 11/03/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  rfdoherty | 11/03/08
I see nothing in Blu-Ray to entice people  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/03/08
HD Downloads Farce  bmcampbell@... | 11/03/08
Most "HD" downloads are WORSE than DVD  georgeou | 11/03/08
Thsi is total BS  Ozone71 | 11/04/08
Your right! Your post is total BS!  ShadeTree | 11/05/08
DVD discontinued? Dream on.  terry flores | 11/03/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  nfiertel | 11/03/08
Don't you know about subscription model?  terry flores | 11/03/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  aloisonline@... | 11/03/08
Bye bye Blue Ray!  jadjkorn64 | 11/03/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  Digital Video Expert | 11/03/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  dphahn360@... | 11/03/08
HD-DVD had something Blu-Ray didn't - backward compatibility  pkatz | 11/03/08
I agree, but...  Speednet | 11/04/08
Your last statement..  yschoo1@... | 11/05/08
DVD in a Blu-ray package  aardvark77 | 11/05/08
Bill Hunt is just wrong.  DigiLord | 11/03/08
Bill Hunt is Wrong About a Lot of Things  Speednet | 11/04/08
Maybe he's wrong because...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/05/08
Think you misunderstood  DigiLord | 11/15/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  jschlesinger@... | 11/04/08
Blu-Ray's first solo holiday season!  scoobyJ | 11/04/08
HD DVD comeback?  Narg | 11/04/08
Very True HD DVD lives on  MacAries2 | 11/04/08
why do you think CHEAP is BETTER  Terry Belanger | 11/04/08
You are re-living the war  Speednet | 11/04/08
That's funny...  dclhacker | 11/07/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  Terry Belanger | 11/04/08
Is 1080 really needed?  Narg | 11/04/08
Looks better!  Patanjali | 12/28/08
Gifts? Classrooms? RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  ashbyjm@... | 11/04/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  computerking | 11/04/08
My vision of HD  R1scFactor | 11/04/08
*delete*  Ozone71 | 11/04/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  myztry | 11/04/08
That's not the way it works  Speednet | 11/05/08
CD/DVD  Terry Belanger | 11/05/08
Broadband downloads not the answer  Smoothjazzen | 11/05/08
Blu-ray will only survive IF they pay you to get one  Gradius2 | 11/05/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  ttremeth | 11/05/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  RAMChYLD | 11/06/08
Blu-ray vs. Flash  zdnet.blogs@... | 11/06/08
Blu-ray on DVD media  zdnet.blogs@... | 11/06/08
Not sure the studios are smart enough to prove you wrong, Robin..  xyvyx@... | 11/10/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  gennx30 | 11/11/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  tymiles | 11/25/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  PhoenixStorm26 | 11/26/08
RE: Blu-ray is dead: the sequel  gnesterenko | 12/26/08
Some people just give away DVDs they don't want  Patanjali | 12/28/08
Confused! Does the US have free-to-air True HDTV?  Patanjali | 12/28/08

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