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article: Discs Are So Dead
Two new formats aim to bury the DVD. But Web distribution will kill them all.
»Blu-ray and HD-DVD are just discs. And while discs have been a great distribution mechanism for the past few decades, as a plan for the next few they stink. Manufacturers and content providers have to pay to produce and ship them as well as make sure consumers have the hardware to use them. By hardwiring manufacturing costs into the system, discs obstruct market evolutions like flexible pricing or small-profit releases that appeal to niche audiences.
From a consumer perspective, discs are terribly inconvenient. To rent or buy them online, you must deal with the postal service, shipping fees, and multiday waits. Or you can brave the local Blockbuster, with its limited inventory and lack of modern digital filters - like user ratings.
Building a better disc isn't going to solve these problems.«
By Robert Capps, wired.com
Two new formats aim to bury the DVD. But Web distribution will kill them all.
»Blu-ray and HD-DVD are just discs. And while discs have been a great distribution mechanism for the past few decades, as a plan for the next few they stink. Manufacturers and content providers have to pay to produce and ship them as well as make sure consumers have the hardware to use them. By hardwiring manufacturing costs into the system, discs obstruct market evolutions like flexible pricing or small-profit releases that appeal to niche audiences.
From a consumer perspective, discs are terribly inconvenient. To rent or buy them online, you must deal with the postal service, shipping fees, and multiday waits. Or you can brave the local Blockbuster, with its limited inventory and lack of modern digital filters - like user ratings.
Building a better disc isn't going to solve these problems.«
By Robert Capps, wired.com
2005/04/06 10:10
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