Since its launch, the UltraViolet movie cloud locker service has seen its share of ups-and-downs, but it appears to now be receiving a large push from Warner Home Entertainment.
Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Home Entertainment Group, says the group will start a disc-to-digital program that will help drive adoption of UV, as well as bring traffic to the movie recommendation site Flixster.
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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P: The industry will pawn you one way or another.
Ding! Ding! Ding! What has he won Alex!
I'll take the two tickets to paradise please. ;)
Maybe the way Wal-Mart will deal with returned optical disks is to use a hole punch permanently disabling it. However, if the disk has been ripped it's a little too late.
How many people will fall for the latest failure by the movie industry? Only time will tell.
For music, I only buy CDs. I don't need Warner to rip the disk for me. If fact I am sure I will do a far better job than they since I care about quality. CDs cost about the same as mp3s, by the album but you have the disk and have the quality. If I had to choose between UV and nothing, I would pick nothing. The big media houses only produce garbage. The only real talent out there is in the independents.
Even the disks are not what they used to be. They used to be stamped foil now they have a new process that old players have a hard time reading.
The greed of the media will put them out of business. The demise of Blockbuster will grease that path. They always bought the junk along with the good stuff. With their plans, I would even rent junk because there was nothing better. I had seen all their old movies and the industry doesn't produce a good movie per month for many years. Recently it has been much worse than that. They are way better off re-releasing old movies. At least I will be entertained when I go to the movies. I will pay to see Titanic and the like on the IMAX.
Hmmmm, Warner & Walmart. They were major factors in the BR vs. HDDVD war weren't they?
YEah, NOT into getting rid of my tangible discs. Unfortunately, IMO I think the ones really against optical discs becoming extinct are the ones who know how to manipulate the data on them so they can do what they want with them. I don't think the large majority of the market does this though. If I didn't I would probably buy more through streaming since it's easier than going to Blockbuster. But now that Blockbuster is almost gone, streaming might actually be more of a reality. Especially when people get fed up with the 30-day new release BS with Red box & Netflix.
I don't know where the future lies. As much as I don't like it, I think all media will eventually no longer be tangible. I don't we will see it in our lifetime though.
Here's another thing. I remember when Netflix was threaten by the internet companies because it was consuming too much bandwidth. Consumers were worried that their internet rates would increase. What's going to happen when people start streaming BR files all over the net?
Reading the article and replies wonder if I'm the only person who likes the idea of having ownership of already purchased DVDs and CD's in a virtual place rather than physical.
I'd like to be able to watch any movie I own anywhere and not have to rent a storage facility. My collection is too large for the small apartment I'm renting. Entropy happens.
The only disadvantage of UV was everything I've purchased from 1990 to present. This article is telling me I'll be able to transfer those. I can't take it all with me when I die but this is the next best thing.
