-I'm getting a bit worried here...
-Why is that so?
Disc format wars: we all know Warner Brothers chose blu-ray over HD-DVD as a successor format to DVD and the rest followed. It was Sony who really pushed it further with their Play Station 3 being a blu-ray player as well as gaming console, Microsoft got stuck in the past with X360's DVD format.
Now, with 4K slowly overcoming 1080p, the story isn't exactly deja vu as one might hope, with upcoming PS4Pro Sony chose to ditch UHD format in exchange for a (slightly) lower price point, sure you'll get your 4K resolution for gaming, but not for UHD movies on disc, whereas Microsoft gets the advantage of having UHD player inside their XBoxOne Scorpio (coming in late 2017), but currently also with a much lower user install base.
With digital streaming, and the rise of services like: Netflix, Steam, Amazon, iTunes, PSN etc., more and more people are jumping the physical media ship and joining the evergrowing digital data club. Will it ever stop? Is there a point where so called movie enthusiasts, physical media collectors, jump ship as well?
I'm asking this because I love collecting movies, as well as books, comic books. It's my passion. I don't have any intention to stop. But I'm also looking at UHD movies right now and have no intention to buy those either since I don't have a 4K TV (yet) and I don't have a 4K player (yet), so why bother, all of it is just too damn pricey. Large studios like Fox lately aren't even bothering with releasing some of their best TV series on blu-ray, let alone 4K, I'm afraid the rest will follow and the digital streaming services will become so powerful and widespread that people like me, avid movie collectors, will eventually earn the title of enthusiast minority. We're in the green zone right now since very small percentage of users can stream in high quality and actually match the quality of a disc, but what happens when we hit that point? I understand that the majority always rules, I also want to have a choice, tomorrow, next year, or in the far future. For me, owning a movie is much more than simply resting that blue plastic case on a shelf, it's like owning a book vs. owning it on kindle.
What is your opinion on the matter, how often do you buy movies these days and on what medium? Do you think digital streaming can eventually overcome the need for physical prints? Can two aspects of the market co-exist in the future?
-Why is that so?
Disc format wars: we all know Warner Brothers chose blu-ray over HD-DVD as a successor format to DVD and the rest followed. It was Sony who really pushed it further with their Play Station 3 being a blu-ray player as well as gaming console, Microsoft got stuck in the past with X360's DVD format.
Now, with 4K slowly overcoming 1080p, the story isn't exactly deja vu as one might hope, with upcoming PS4Pro Sony chose to ditch UHD format in exchange for a (slightly) lower price point, sure you'll get your 4K resolution for gaming, but not for UHD movies on disc, whereas Microsoft gets the advantage of having UHD player inside their XBoxOne Scorpio (coming in late 2017), but currently also with a much lower user install base.
With digital streaming, and the rise of services like: Netflix, Steam, Amazon, iTunes, PSN etc., more and more people are jumping the physical media ship and joining the evergrowing digital data club. Will it ever stop? Is there a point where so called movie enthusiasts, physical media collectors, jump ship as well?
I'm asking this because I love collecting movies, as well as books, comic books. It's my passion. I don't have any intention to stop. But I'm also looking at UHD movies right now and have no intention to buy those either since I don't have a 4K TV (yet) and I don't have a 4K player (yet), so why bother, all of it is just too damn pricey. Large studios like Fox lately aren't even bothering with releasing some of their best TV series on blu-ray, let alone 4K, I'm afraid the rest will follow and the digital streaming services will become so powerful and widespread that people like me, avid movie collectors, will eventually earn the title of enthusiast minority. We're in the green zone right now since very small percentage of users can stream in high quality and actually match the quality of a disc, but what happens when we hit that point? I understand that the majority always rules, I also want to have a choice, tomorrow, next year, or in the far future. For me, owning a movie is much more than simply resting that blue plastic case on a shelf, it's like owning a book vs. owning it on kindle.
What is your opinion on the matter, how often do you buy movies these days and on what medium? Do you think digital streaming can eventually overcome the need for physical prints? Can two aspects of the market co-exist in the future?