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- orlyfactor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I can't wait for Future Predictions 2.0. Maybe they'll get it right and stop calling everything "2.0"
- JustAn0th3rFace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Honestly i kind of doubt this..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i love how factual the title tries to sound
but i highly doubt it. The movie theatre (while expensive) is much more of an experience, no home theatre can show images that hugely big, and have those BOOMing speakers, at least not without keeping the neighbors up - SuperSloth, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Let me be the first to say:
ORLY? - ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Uhh... CD's and DVD's are digital... and hard-drives do fail. often. Ever buy one of those old IBM Desk/Deathstars?
- vfxtrev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The thing I don't like about downloading a movie from say iTunes, is that you are getting a half resolution picture that is stuck on my computer and currently I don't really have a way to watch it on my tv. I don't know about you, but watching a show or movie on my computer just doesn't feel right cuz I'm sitting at a desk and not lounging on my couch. I realize you can integrate your computer with your tv (or home theater), but right now that's quite a bit of trouble for the average user to go through to make work properly.
I heard that Apple iTV thingy will probably just be standard def resolution at best... maybe 720p if we're lucky. But the videos are probably still going to be highly compressed to accommodate smaller file sizes. Sure they will claim "dvd quality" but really I still will prefer popping in an actual dvd, or HD-DVD even, to watching some H.264 thing.
And if I really want digital movies, I still prefer the idea of ripping my own movies uncompressed and creating a video jukebox of sorts.
Of course everything I'm complaining about will get better, I just hope the industry doesn't have an illusion that everyone is going to automatically get on board with this so quickly. - finn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3not gonna happen...
sure the web will be there, and dl movies will be there (is here)..but by no means will it 'replace' theatres. The 'BIG SCREEN' experience for some movies will never be replaced 100% by downloaded content. Maybe if everyone had large walls and projectors, but thats not going to happen anytime soon.. if ever. - wild, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7When a joke gets to the point its being dissected, it no longer has a chance in hell of being funny.
- chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Going out to see a movie on a big screen with whopping surround sound > Watching a film on a moderate size tv, with fairly decent surround.
Its the whole atmosphere of going to the movies which makes it a winner. VOD means you can sit on your arse, watch any film, without having to go out. If I go see a film, I go with friends, have a good time. Its way better than watching films in the house. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You know, this might be possible in the US but in Australia downloading like 10 movies would take up a months internet usage, HD movies would take up pretty much all our cap in 1 or 2. Until everyone has the extremely crazy bandwidth caps that the US has I don't think we'll see a total conversion to web based movie streaming.
Anyway who doesn't enjoy a romantic night at the movies ;) - Asianwaste, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Soon as WAN and MAN are established broadcasting signals and hard data mediums are going to be a thing of the past.
- inajeep, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Movie theaters will up their popcorn/candy/drink/nacho prices to make up the difference and of course drive more people away.
- mrRB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Isn't this what they said in 2000?
- marinist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"According to the firm’s study, the market for movies on the web will generate US$37.25 million in 2006 in the U.S."
The wording here is interesting. They don't say people will spend $37.25 m on online movies, but the "market" will "generate" that. What does that exactly mean? Does anyone really think more than a small percentage of viewers pay to watch movies over the Web?
"...the single biggest factor holding back Internet movie sales is Hollywood’s reluctance to allow films to be sold over the web"
Was Hollywood asleep during the dot-com boom/bust? Despite all the glowing growth predictions for dot-com business, the level of adoption was much smaller than predicted. Even with adequate broadband, I predict few people outside the technically savvy will bother to download a movie when better quality options are available such as Netflix. Their are significant end-user and technical hurdles to cross before this becomes an effortless process to allow strong market growth.
"Apple is in a good position to capitalize on the trend" How is Apple positioned by their technology? It looks to me that .flv is becoming the dominant format for web video. Perhaps Apple can use their substantial iPod user base to bring people over to a new video delivery technology, but they still have to overcome substantial technical and end-user hurdles to produce sustained growth. - 022A, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The title here is extremely inaccurate.
That said, VOD will only grow from here on out.
However, when a "hollywood blockbuster" finally does debut through digital distribution direct to the home you can be sure they'll still expect us to pay the equivalent of the current $10 per head to view it.
It will probably involve tiered pricing and the future version of HDCP in which you pay based on the resolution of your feed, the size of the display you wish to use and additional options multiple viewings, enhanced sound or "pause". - chedabob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You have some crappy cinema.
You do get the odd arsehole, like the local nobheads making a racket, but usually its better than at home. - slapout, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is not going to happen until the communications companies get off their tails and improve the infrastructure.
- eagleswings, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What's with the whole calling everything 2.0 now, Web 2.0 I can just about handle but TV 2.0, who's going to call it that. Tech people understand the whle 2.0 analogy, 'normal' people aren't. It'd be nice to get to a point when we can download movies, there are very few (decent) ways of renting movies, Blockbuster over here sucks and there isn't enough good stuff to rent at the moment to use a subscription service like Amazon's (the closest I've found to Netflicks).
- pirilampo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm hoping there will be no Hollywood at all by 2010. Wishful thinking, but...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Although technologies exist today that allow for the transfer of web-distributed films to traditional TV sets, these technologies are too complex for most consumers."
I think most people can work a DVD!
It's not the technology that's the problem but the stupid restrictions that the studios impose on their victims... I mean customers! - geekzapoppin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The thing is, there will always be a good percentage of the population who want to own physical media that can be used over and over and even years later. Sure, the MPAA and RIAA would like for everything to move to a non-physical, subscription, DRM format. That way you have to pay every time you watch or listen to something, you can't ever transfer ownership and you're limited to the content that the companies choose to release at a given time. Want to see a film that might not be P.C in today's environment? Forget about having copies from other eras or other areas. Content will be more micromanaged than it is today. It's a bad idea.
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Let me be the first to say:
Why not now?
The technology is almost if no here for a mediocre resolution streaming for most people. And people have been pirateing the movies for so long, which uses no money what so ever. Why can't a big company use their big money to institute something to even remotely like the power of mininova or the piratebay. ABC does stream a fair resolution of lost all the time, why can't the movie studios do this in some time sooner then in 4 years. - ersatzphi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It comes to no surprise with the growing affordability of home theatres, broadband, and the fact that the MPAA is losing the war on "piracy".
- rheaume, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Same here, i get 100 gigs a month on an EXTREME package, whoopdee do.
and that included everything, web browsing, gaming, xbox live - ricree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ideally, it might be if the movie companies did everything right from the pricing to the marketing to using a relatively non-restrictive DRM scheme. The thing is, they aren't going to do that. In pretty much every case we've seen, the big media companies have been brought into new distribution areas kicking and screaming, so I can't see them throwing their weight behind this. Add in the relatively low numbers who will have their home theaters hooked up to their computers, and even a few years from now we are still talking about a niche market. A profitable niche market, perhaps, but niche nonetheless.
- 022A, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, my theatres are excellent, technically. All 3 are new, state of art. The oldest has been around for just over 5 years.
Like I said, the people are the problem. I don't just blame the patrons though. Theatres need to be more active about removing people who are loud and disruptive, stop allowing infants inside at all and truly jam cellphone signals. - Paul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Why 2010... this should have been 1999. Why are companies fighting technology when they should be pushing the cutting edge themselves.
- jambarama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1not until we get fatter pipes to our houses
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think it has to do with population density. even with more cables, you reach fewer people. fewer customers = lesser income with more expenses on infrastructure. no wonder prices are high. or equivalently ISPs don't provide enough bandwidth at same price. and probably that's why s. korea & europe have higher b'band penetration than US
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I totally respect your opinion of preferring to stay home, but I really agree with the original post in this thread that its a long shot that cinema will go away. Until we all have screens as large as a theater and sound/seating to match, you can't beat the experience, which is really why people see movies. If anything, VOD will cannibalize DVD sales, but I'll still be going to movies in 2010 and forward, until they close the theaters.
- marinist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Even if you have a home theater setup at home, how long would someone wait to download the movie at current broadband speeds? Is the picture going to look as good as simply dropping in a DVD and playing?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You're thinking S.Korea. They have 100Mbit. I only have 8Mbit down, 1Mbit up (Cable in the US) and DSL is worse. There's also no download cap here. I've downloaded over 1TB over the past 3 months.
Maybe you Aussies should start up your own ISP that doesn't have a transfer cap? - JAGUART, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just make sure you upload it back by 7PM or, you know... "late fees".
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1oh. i din't know uploading movies saved money.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Me too.
- JohnyD, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Finally! An answer to piracy!
not! =D - dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Just like people doubted VHS tapes would ever take over TV, or cassette tapes take over records?
Both were feared as the death of the TV/Film/Music industry, both later came to be a large part of said industries. Bittorrent is the current demise of the film industry, so it can't be long till it goes the way of the VHS tape, or DVD
Why will it? Currently, bittorrenting a film or TV show is *far* more convenient than watching it on TV, or waiting on a DVD finally being released, and it's also more convenient than things like TiVO (as you can download something that was on years ago, no waiting on reruns). People like convenience.. Currently having to have a computer connected to your TV somehow, setting up the torrent client, finding torrents, or setting up some auto-downloader system removes any convience (for "most" people, remember not everyone is as good with computers as you are..). When devices similar to the iTV, and the Linksys Media Link thingys become more common place, Movies-over-web will become far far more popular..
Convience is why VHS tapes became so popular, and why DVD's took over them (no head-cleaning, no stretched tapes, easy to skip around). And why MP3 players are so popular.. It's only a matter of time before "Hollywood" (Not specifically them, but film publishers in general) accept web-distribution isn't just a way of saying "Pirate me!"
- Ben - cprincipe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Ohhhhh, the poor tubes!
- akira117, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Seach AAPL on google for a chart and current price
- pgup, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why not just start doing it now?
- 022A, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I don't agree and I think I'm representative of a growing number of people who would rather stay home.
The atmosphere of going to movies was fun when I was a kid and just about any movie I went to see would captivate me to the point of complete disconnection from the rest of the world.
These days, that fatass munching a 10lb bag of popcorn with his mouth open, the guy behind whose feet I can smell through his shoes, kids talking in the theatre, ***** texting away on blazing bright screens or wearing blue LED earpieces, the seat that isn't anywhere near as comfortable as my couch and the overpriced bad food are impossible to ignore. - danielsdogpound, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1yeah that should create a fun friday night date
- mrdash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Netflix isn't as great as it originally was. They got greedy. I subscribed to it when it first hit the streets, paid for the "extra" movies and even endured the price changes a couple times. Then...they started slowing down. Netflix blamed it on the mail service and would offer no compensation. So I decided to /quit Netflix when I had 3 movies awaiting return and 3 movies that are "inbound", one cracked DVD that I obviously couldn't watch, and another which was the wrong DVD in the sleeve.
They started out good, but I think the greed monster got to them, too bad. - speckledfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are you kidding me! This will be awesome...say goodbye to running to the store in the blizzard or waiting for the mail...Let's log on, download our movie and enjoy...Hey, what's that I smell? Fresh popcorn!
- MatTipton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I hate phrases like X is the new Y. God forbid something original come to the forefront that we can't trap in our comfort zone. Problem is that when it does everyone still calls it the new wave oldest school newer old thing that caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
- se7en11, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I'm still waiting for flying cars...
- 022A, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I beleive that niche will grow faster than you think. XviD/DivX capable DVD players have become common and cheap very quickly. Now USB and Ethernet ports are starting show up more often.
Give it a year or so and you'll be able to get all those features on a $50 player from Target. A little longer and it'll be wireless.
That's assuming Apple doesn't drop the iTV or whatever in the meantime. Once/if that happens, I forsee a rush on the set-top, IP enabled media player field. - NYC10004, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Shocking how in the dark people are about these things. I've been explaining to my Friends for years why I no longer collect physical media Cd's, DVDs etc. It all going to be digital. And if I'm not mistaken Microsoft is already doing it on their XBOX 360, so I think they're probably in the best position regardless of Ipod market saturation.
- akira117, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Not if the mpaa has any thing to say about it.
They want us to take a loan out to see movies! - mv10, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Out of curiosity, how much is Apple's Stock right now?
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