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Originally Posted by warlock5
Give it another 4 years and its not Netflix+Blockbuster that will be in trouble, but DVD and Bluray. All of physical media is in trouble.
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1/3 of Ameerican do not have internet. 1/6 only have dial-up. Those numbers aren't dropping by much over the next 10-12 years. So movie studios are going to just give up on 50% of the population? Doubtful. Also 50% of American with broadband only have 2 Mbps connection or less. Gee only will take them 7.5 hours to down the 720p version of Transformers on XBOX Live at 2 Mbps. You need an minimum 10 Mbps to stream and download HD content adn only 5% of Americans have that.
Studios aren't sticking millions into blu-ray just to watch it go away in 5 years.
Also a DVD you can take anywhere and play into almost anything. Desktop computer, laptop, DVD player, PS2, XBOX, XBOX 360, PS2, Wii, portable DVD player, blu-ray player or HD-DVD player. As long as digital downloads are only available on a specific computer or player, game system or DVR it won't take off. For example you can only download from XBOX Live onto your XBOX Live hard drive and you can only use the 360 to watch it. If your hard drive gets full oh well you have to delete stuff. You can't even transfer stuff to an external hard drive for storage.