Posts by jmpage2

Quote:Originally Posted by Richard Burger Well, I am a big music fan, and physical media has certainly done me no favors in this regard. I have spent a fortune on collecting LPs and CDs over the years. Some of my favorite...

Come on now, most regular consumers will have no problem re-buying content that they previously purchased every so often, what are you complaining about?

Quote:Originally Posted by Richard Burger You're right that streaming has its downsides. But again, it is not just physical media vrs. streaming. There is the cloud where people will own licenses. The only way "the people" are...

Well a couple of things. First off, DVD and Blu-ray are already "digital" so I think a more accurate word in the context of your argument would be streaming. Also, as I've pointed out, I've already made the switch from the "physical"...

If you are a professional who uses CS or PS to earn your daily bread then you are probably right, it's a no brainer to go to the subscription model. However, millions of professionals have need of these tools "occasionally". For them,...

Exactly! It's less about piracy than it is generating a much much higher profit from a product that many professionals only upgrade periodically. If someone can't see why spending $2000 over a 3 year cycle vs spending about $800 then I...

Quote:Originally Posted by techman707 The REAL bottom line isn’t even whether the quality of streaming is as good, or even better, than physical media. Many of the people that have posted here are not only movie lovers, they’re...

Quote:Originally Posted by Richard Burger Your iTunes purchases are not going away. Similarly, amazon's stewardship of your digital assets has huge commercial value, Amazon or some future purchaser of Amazon will preserve the...

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...