Posts by jmpage2

Yes, the studios tried to make it illegal to re-sell DVDs and we see how that worked out for them. As long as sale of physical media is accounting for a reasonable percentage of sales it is difficult to see them pulling the plug. Look...

"Premium" channels include network channels and certain others like Discovery, etc. they look very very good. As far as resale goes, the point I am making is that my BD and DVD library that I paid say $4500 is still worth at least...

Quote:Originally Posted by imagic That's no joke. I was never all that impressed with Cable TV, if there was ever any reason I used to think Netflix was not so bad, it's the shoddy quality of on-demand cable. While it is true that...

Quote:Originally Posted by imagic Nobody gets rich by selling off their DVD collection, either. Actually even the "bargain basement" stuff has value. Many of the DVDs that I purchased for $5-10 still regularly go for close to that...

Quote:Originally Posted by PubFiction The thing is most people just don't view things this way, how much space do you waste and heat to store hundreds of books for 25 years? Most people don't they sell them or throw them out. If you...

We will have to wait and see what D-Nice has to say. He has pooped on every single Panasonic party now going back at least 4-5 years. Even if the black level on the VT60 and/or ZT60 is superior to 9G Kuro performance he will find some...

Quote:Originally Posted by Richard Burger I think we are making an artificial distinction between ownership of media and pay-per-view. People will have their own lifelong space in the cloud to store their digital purchases. ...

Quote:Originally Posted by imagic but in the end the data is subject to the same laws whether it is on a platter or in the cloud. Anyhow, Netflix was never about ownership. It is equivalent to renting movies. A Netflix membership...

Prepare for Ryan1 to show up and start telling you how your xyz internet connection or xyz playback device is to blame for Netflix ****** PQ.

Comcast HD channels are not compressed anywhere close to what is done for streaming. As to TiVo auto deleting content you are mistaken. The copy protect flag prevents you from copying a program, it cannot automatically delete it.