Posts by PubFiction

Quote:Originally Posted by PobjoySpecial ...or they all collude and raise streaming prices together. You may be right, but that reeks of capitalism. The media industry has historically consisted of a few major conglomerates....

People who say you cant own anything I think are going to be mistaken, one thing you should know by now is that greed solves all problems. lol I know that sounds so bad but sooner or later companies are always going to be asking whats...

Quote:Originally Posted by jmpage2 You seem to have no problem with re-buying things as long as they are available digitally in some shape or form. Have a nice time with that. I have a 3300 square foot house (with another 1800 sq...

Quote:Originally Posted by jmpage2 So Amazon will be here for 25+ years so that if I want to re-read a treasured book I purchased this year it will still be available? I would call that a bit of a leap of faith... it is certainly...

Quote:Originally Posted by n9949y At age 75 I’ve been a Hi-Fi, and recently a HD-Video aficionado ever since I first built a Heath kit receiver in 1959. As the years passed I could expect and own audio components that delivered...

Quote:Originally Posted by Toknowshita The studios are going to end up killing the online distribution model with their greedy agenda of paying every time the viewer pushes play. When consumers eventually realize that they have...

Quote:Originally Posted by XStanleyX Try a different source like a DVD/Blu-ray player if you suspect the cable box. I've read of other folks having sound problems with their cable boxes. It's possible it could be the...

Also I don't think the end of physical media is a technical term. Nothing physical really ends, that's fine I don't think we are really entertaining that. But at some point most people aren't making it, lets say the point where physical...

Quote:Originally Posted by MauneyM Speaking purely for myself, I will continue using exclusively physical media for as long as possible. The main reason is that I refuse to support the pay-per-view level of control that streaming...

Quote:Originally Posted by feuerball Long time lurker here: Those failures of Internet Direct Sub companies like Elemental Design and Epik are not just damaging for their respective customers, but also for those companies that...