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Old March 22nd 17, 07:08 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Char Jackson
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:28:49 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
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In message , Mayayana
writes:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

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

Maybe. But that's what they said about books. Turned


Very true!

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 can see that. I don't think I'd ever "buy" anything like that where it
turns out I'd only be renting. (I don't own a Kindle or anything
similar, or such software for my PC.)

I do no streaming. Partly for privacy. Partly because
I don't feel like setting it all up. But also because the


Likewise.


Video streaming is one of those things where, once you get a taste of
it, you wonder why you waited. It's similar to the feeling you might
have had the first time you stepped foot in a public library and saw the
seemingly endless rows and rows of books. Sure, the library keeps track
of which books you've checked out, but that's completely overshadowed by
the vast selection and the awesome convenience that comes with access
that's only a few clicks of the remote away. I'd say video streaming is
a game changer, and is hastening the demise of physical video media.

For me, video streaming came along at a time when I had 3 DVD players in
the house, not counting the PC-based drives, and I was already
completely dissatisfied with the video quality that DVD provides, so it
was almost a foregone conclusion that I would move to BluRay. But at the
last minute, I decided to check out the streaming options, and it didn't
take long at all to decide that not only would BluRay not become part of
my household, the DVD players were also suddenly obsolete and all went
quickly to the local Goodwill. Good riddance to DVD, so sorry about
BluRay.

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Char Jackson
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