Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 23, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm pretty much the same, heh. I prefer real books to e-readers, but I love the idea of e-readers. I imagine we'll at least a period of another 5-10 years or so where there where digital content can still co-exist with physical media. After that, who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm pretty much the same, heh. I prefer real books to e-readers, but I love the idea of e-readers. I imagine we'll at least a period of another 5-10 years or so where there where digital content can still co-exist with physical media. After that, who knows... Same here. The idea is great, but I can't see myself needing access to hundreds of books at the same time. But if I ever got one for a gift, I am sure I would like it. That is what happened to me and the ipod. I never had any desire to buy one, but got it for a present, and now I use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 23, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yea, I held on to my CDs as long as I could. Now, I've bought significantly less music than I did before since I got my first iPod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Yea, I held on to my CDs as long as I could. Now, I've bought significantly less music than I did before since I got my first iPod. Yeah I haven't bought a CD in years, even before I got the iPod. But yeah, now there is zero reason for me to buy one Edited January 23, 2012 by 75live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 23, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 23, 2012 Only one I've bought in the last three years was the new Coldplay album. Technically, I do have the Inception score as well...but it was given to me for free ahead of its release by someone that works with Warner Bros, so I don't count that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I think the last one I bought was the Spider-man Broadway show soundtrack since it was a 2 for 1 and my friend wanted it so I went in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Anyone have any digital copies they don't want that I don't need a disc to download to give away ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I only buy movies on iTunes now. I'll never have the patience/time to sit and pop in a DVD and watch it for two hours so iTunes works perfectly. Is this really what we've come to now...we're too lazy to get up and put a disk in a player? This is why I fear for the end of physical media (blu-rays, video games, it's already basically happened with cd's/music - but I'm fine with that). I like collecting movies and video games, but this attitude, plus the cost savings for companies, is what is going to kill off physical media, and that will be a shitty day for myself and many others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Is this really what we've come to now...we're too lazy to get up and put a disk in a player? This is why I fear for the end of physical media (blu-rays, video games, it's already basically happened with cd's/music - but I'm fine with that). I like collecting movies and video games, but this attitude, plus the cost savings for companies, is what is going to kill off physical media, and that will be a shitty day for myself and many others.I couldn't agree more with this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The downside with digital downloads (at this point) is that their bandwidth isn't at the level of Blu-rays (yet). But at some point either the bandwidth will be identical, or compression techniques/codecs will improve to where you don't see a difference. So, at that point, does it matter?For example, RED has developed a codec for their media that offers extremely high-quality 4K at around the bandwidth of DV video. It's not a consumer technology yet, but I don't see it really being that far off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcalcagn Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The disappointing thing about digital copies at the moment for me is that they look rather, well, dreadful on the new iPad. It was possible on the iPad but it looks so pixelated with the doubled resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Even 1080p files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
