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Old March 21st 17, 09:59 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mayayana
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| Looks like BluRay is fading away.
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| Probably along with all forms of solid media.

Maybe. But that's what they said about books. Turned
out a lot of people like to have an actual book to read
and don't see any bargain in paying 50% of the cost
of the book to get nothing but rental access to a digital
version.

I do no streaming. Partly for privacy. Partly because
I don't feel like setting it all up. But also because the
content is just not there. I also haven't had cable for many
years. It's wildly overpriced for things I don't care to see,
and privacy is also an issue there. In addition to TV
stations over the air, I get DVDs from the local
library and from Netflix. The Netflix streaming has a far
smaller selection than the DVD rental. Hollywood studios
don't want people to be able to see *anything*, at any
time, for $9/month. So they restrict access. From what
I've seen, Netflix streaming is similar to premium cable
stations, showing mediocre top-40 fare from 2+ years
ago. Meanwhile I get virtually anything I want to see
from Netflix DVDs, the library, or both.

From what I can see it seems the success of Netflix
streaming (which is not as profitable for them as DVD
rental) can be attributed to one factor: People don't want
to wait for what they want.


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