According to researchers at Parks Associates, consumers are not only showing a preference for on demand streaming video over other alternatives, but also paying close to $50 per subscriber to access premium services.
That trend isn't likely to reverse itself any time soon, considering the growing tablet market and demand for increased access to content across platforms and at any location.
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Where do they find these people? I don't know ONE person that would rather stream a pixelated streamed movie over watching a High Def Blu-ray. Over my phone, yes i wouldn't mind streaming, or a cloud service where i could watch my own content. But on my TV at home, it's blu ray or nothing.
It all depends on your internet connection...a lot of people are fine with DVD, and Netflix sometimes looks better than a DVD with a good connection. The fact is that most people didn't really care that VHS looked like crap...they got the general idea of what was on the screen and they were entertained. This is the main thing that people want...they will pay more for higher quality, but not much more...and they generally won't go out of their way for it (streaming is convenient).
No interest in Blue-ray at all here. I love the convenience of streaming. If all movies and TV shows were available streaming I would only stream my entertainment.
Originally posted by jookycola: Where do they find these people? I don't know ONE person that would rather stream a pixelated streamed movie over watching a High Def Blu-ray. Over my phone, yes i wouldn't mind streaming, or a cloud service where i could watch my own content. But on my TV at home, it's blu ray or nothing.
I stream virtually everything. Most of the time it looks great. Once in a while net flix gets slightly pixilated. I would rather pay for the content I actually watch than all of the other channels that I never watch.
The one thing that is missing is some of the live events I like to watch, IE football and bowl games. Get me those few things and my cable is gone.
I think alot of it has to do with the sheer amount of advertisements you have to sit through with regular cable (unless you dvr). Depending on the program it seems roughly 25% of the time your watching commercials, and its getting worse. How many auto insurance commercials for example can you sit through?
