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- Evilblobs, on 08/19/2008, -3/+156Reasons why discs shouldnt die.
a) no one wants to download 25GB for an HD movie
b) I like to own my media, in a hard copy way
and most importantly
c) my bandwidth is usually tied up torrenting something... like the movie Netflix is trying to stream to me. - btschul, on 08/19/2008, -2/+105http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix#Watch_Instant ... http://thepiratebay.org Disks are dead because the world's largest online movie rental service went down for a day or two? Overreact much?
- sirussblack, on 08/19/2008, -0/+82I don't get why people are spazzing the ***** out about this Netflix outage. It was two days and they corrected the problem very quickly. Why are we still talking about it, really?
- Zero456, on 08/19/2008, -9/+60The article's title reads: 'Netflix Outage Shows Why Disks Deserve to Die'.
Buried for misleading/inaccurate title. - inajeep, on 08/19/2008, -1/+48People love to whine. It makes them feel important without actually doing anything useful.
- readme, on 08/19/2008, -1/+44Because servers can't go down on direct download services -- right.
Even worse, what happens when your DRM server is put to sleep and you lose access to all of your content? Never have to worry about stuff like the with physical media.
I like the convenience of digital downloads as much as the next guy but I really don't see it killing off physical media, like, ever. - titlesaysitall, on 08/19/2008, -1/+38Just how server outages show that Internet movie streaming is dead.
- aacidusX, on 08/19/2008, -1/+28disks are already dead, but discs are still alive
- guytoronto, on 08/19/2008, -2/+22Disk = magnetic media
Disc = optical media - SugarCoatedSalt, on 08/19/2008, -3/+21this article sucks. buried.
get out of your Internets is invincible life and realize that there are many implications if we were to move to a no discs based distribution. Web pages can't even handle the "digg effect", how the hell do you expect to move towards a "proper video streaming" - abran1984, on 08/19/2008, -0/+16o·ver·re·act - To react with unnecessary or inappropriate force, emotional display, or violence.
- fleischner, on 08/19/2008, -0/+15Digg Headline Shows Why Digg Posters Are Often Liars
- Wolfie351, on 08/19/2008, -1/+15Yeah, cuz we all know internet sites never go down.
- jakatak, on 08/19/2008, -1/+14i had my movies on the coffee table and never realized a thing. Hmmm. Discs seem to still be alive.
- tdogg241, on 08/19/2008, -0/+13Not to mention that everyone that was affected will be getting a credit. People get angry over the stupidest things sometimes.
- Gonasadude, on 08/19/2008, -4/+17I WANNA HAVE EVERY MOVIE EVER STREAMED AS FAST AS MY CONNECTION WILL GO FOR CHEAP AS HELL. ALSO, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUY EBOOKS FOR NOTHING.
Idiot. - syntakk, on 08/19/2008, -0/+13Buried as Inaccurate. Discs are not dead and won't die for quite some time.
- ProjectGSX, on 08/19/2008, -1/+13Definite BS on this one. First off, I want a hard copy that I have control of. I realize Im not *supposed* to have full control over a DVD, but I digress. Switching from disks to digital downloads just means we fall prey to server outages. The name changes but the distribution problem is the same.
- kalvinb, on 08/19/2008, -0/+11I'd rather have a "buffer" problem getting physical media in my mailbox than a buffer problem in the middle of watching a movie which results in multiple 15-25 minute delays in continuing the film.
The "gotta have it now" attitude is ridiculous. Apparently we can't wait for anything anymore without having a tantrum. - ZenMojo, on 08/19/2008, -0/+11They're spoiled. Netflix works so incredibly well that they now demand instant gratification. If anything, this shows how discs have managed to dominate the market so effectively, by making people fiend when they get a two-day delay in their rental schedule.
- seanof, on 08/19/2008, -1/+12So if the Netflix streaming sever goes down will they write an article saying that physical media is here to stay?
- tnoy, on 08/19/2008, -0/+10Yeah, and we all know how Comcast is going to make that 100Mbit connection to 100% of the US for a under $20/mo, right?
- scabbers, on 08/19/2008, -1/+11Stupid article. You should hear the UK ISPs whining about the bandwidth the BBC iPlayer is using. There's not enough bandwidth to replace netflix with downloads.
- wazzledoozle2, on 08/19/2008, -5/+15Streaming a 2.5 hour long movie that is 25gb in its entirety, would require a 22.22 megabit/s connection, if uncompressed.
Hardly unrealistic, considering Comcast is rolling out 100 Mb/s DOCSIS 3.0, and the telcos are already doing fiber to the node and house.
And if you cant stop torrenting just long enough to sit down and watch a movie, then you have a problem. - beautyandsong, on 08/19/2008, -1/+10Watching movies on a ***** laptop screen/flat computer screen while sitting in front of the 'puter < Watching movies on the T.V., while in bed, covered in blankets
Hope I made some sense :P
I've never been into watching movies on the Computer. Absolutely hate it. - acevoncash, on 08/19/2008, -1/+9Stupid title shows why digger is retarded
- ptsuk, on 08/19/2008, -2/+10I think someone doesn't understand what torrenting is or doing things in general. (it has nothing to do with torturing small animals)
Frankly I watch a movie, while doing lots of other things:
Torrenting
Laundry
Cooking
Eating
So wazzledoozle2 do you do all those things exclusively and nothing else?
Do you sit in front of the washing machine and do nothing else? I mean after all if you can't stop doing laundry to sit down and watch a movie then you've got a problem. - leaguerefused, on 08/19/2008, -1/+8Burried for inproper title and overreaction.
Go whine someplace else - chuckiej, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7Ridiculous. Special features and other things are not available on digital downloads. Until they are, I will mostly be renting discs.
- nodeuces, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7This digger is a turd. I hope some large, dinosaur-type bird ***** on his head.
- republicker, on 08/19/2008, -3/+10quality is ***** also
- robEstyles, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5And what if the server that is streaming the movie to you crashes. Then is that movie streaming dead too?
- KMartSheriff, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5And they'll remain alive for a long time. I don't know where some of these people get this "physical media is dead! It's over!" and then the next year comes around "They're so going to die soon. I mean it this time." and so on, and so on...
- honthraj, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5"We're sure it will get sorted out, but it shows that, even if the glitch is in the Netflix computer systems, shipping movies by post is and old-world way of doing things. With just about everything internet enabled these days, there's no technical excuse not to ditch plastic disks entirely and move to downloads."
Charles Sorrel, you sir, are a legitimate moron. Downloads run on "computer systems" Why is this FAIL on digg? - konezero, on 08/19/2008, -1/+6Comcast will cut you off permanently if you start to use over 100GB a month. That averages to less than 4 blu rays a month. For those that don't currently max out their bandwidth, I'm cutting close to 97 GBs a month. The sad reality that I'll wake up one day without internet, a termination slip in the mail, and my only fallback of DSL is frightening.
Seriously...it keeps me awake at night. - gugin, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5I'm a customer. I'm very satisfied. I got 15% credit for the 2 day delay. I didn't even have to ask for it. They did it automatically. That is a great way to treat their customers. Not really a big deal that everyone made it out to be. Not really an "outage" --just a delay people!
- pathouston22, on 08/19/2008, -3/+8I went to NBC's website to watch Season 2 of Heroes to catch up before Season 3 starts.
They only offered the last 5 episodes.
I went to mininova and got the whole season in a couple hours.
Why is our entertainment industry so stupid? - wazzledoozle2, on 08/19/2008, -2/+6compressed 480p isnt HD.
- insomniac8400, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4But because of drm, you can't do that legally. Maybe some day the industry will change, but as long as they sell copies with drm, the pirates will continue to win. I can't even watch amc on my vista media center(all my tv goes through it) because of the broadcast flag. DRM is literally driving people to download.
- KMartSheriff, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4You must be dropping acid if you seriously believe Comcast is going to allow us to use that full 100 Mb/s. And by "rolling out" you must mean "around 2015".
- inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Watch as the cost of broadband increases tenfold due to a bunch of idiots too lazy to take the dvd out of a sleeve, and put it into the DVD player...
- RizenBB, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3I'll move to downloading movies when my god damn Comcast connection will pull a reasonable torrent speed. If I can find a connection with hundreds of seeders I'm still lucky to break 400kbp/s.
Media companies aren't what's killing the evolution of media to streaming content, it's the inability of the American providers to pony up quality access at an affordable price. In fact we seem to be moving backwards, with companies imposing data caps and trying to tier off internet access. - inactive, on 08/19/2008, -1/+4I don't want a pc hooked up to my tv in my living room. A dvd/blu-ray player works fine.
- Diggnabbit, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3Exactly. The one part of the Netflix system that went wrong (the computer system) is precisely the part that would be EXPANDED in a direct-download-digital-media-model.
- MScrip, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3I don't have an HTPC... so it's discs for me. I watch DVDs on a TV. I get about 3 DVDs a week. That's plenty.
Discs aren't going anywhere, and neither is Netflix. People will leave Netflix when there is a better alternative. Sure, you can buy a Roku box and get 1/4 of the catalog of the regular Netflix... or stick with the mail-in Netflix that has been successful for a decade. - EatingPie, on 08/19/2008, -2/+5Great post EvilBlobs!
I will only add that if you have a family, it's much easier with physical media since there's no computer expertise necessary. Walk up to the shelf, pull a BD off, and stick it in the PS3. Even my 4 year old can do this!
I do believe downloaded rentals are a potentially good option (if you don't mind sacrificing quality for quicker downloads), but physical media for ownership FTW.
-Pie - thedogfatherx, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3You little ***** wiener.
- GaryChalmers, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3Someone needs to write an article listing the reasons of why Wired is clueless and irrelevant.
- Funkleft, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3sounds like it got mixed up in shipment.
Also, don't the trial members deserve to get the trial they missed? - ludditte, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3My ISP (Bell Canada) throttles users with high download rates. However they offer their
own movie download service. Our equivalent to Netflix is Zip.ca and I am very satisfied with
their service. No more trip to the video store and no late fees and a huge library. If discs ever disappear, I think USB keys will be the new medium and no moving parts in the players. -
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