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In article <xn0ov6i2s3qyi9003@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
I dare you to install an operrrating system without a physical
media.
Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for
me... ?
E100 per hour!
Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-30 08:32:09 +0000, Blueshirt said:
I don't see physical media going completely away anytime
soon, there will always be collectors of things who like to
collect. I like having the Doctor Who Blu-Rays on my shelf
but I don't actually need them to watch the episodes. (The
new 'extras' are cool but they're not essential.)
LP's went out of fashion decades ago yet every big shop
seems to sell records now. So did they go away and come back
or did they never really go away at all and it was the
record collector's that kept the format alive? (I've also
noticed cassettes back on shelves too...) Whilst
downloading/streaming is popular, there will always be a
niche market for the fans of physical media so I reckon
DVD's will outlive me!
Vinyl never fully went away. Music enthusiasts and high-end
specialty stores kept it alive due to the sound quality being
better than CDs. Some bands did keep releasing vinyl versions
of their material, often in limited numbers, so expensive.
Vinyl has slowly made a come back though, and some main high
street stores are again selling vinyl and players, and many
modern bands like Taylor Swift releasing material on vinyl and
new generations of collectors wanting to buy it.
Records never went away from our loft anyway... I still have
original Iron Maiden and Metallica albums from the 1980's, as
well as all the crusty records my old fella left behind. (Elvis,
Dubliners, Wolfe Tones, etc.) When I got a new turntable a few
years ago - to play the Big Finish Doctor Who stories that they
released on vinyl - I brought the boxes of records down from the
loft and the records were as scratched a fuck but they still
played... and you don't hear the crackles and pops once the loud
music kicks in!
Cassette tapes are occasionally released, but usually as an
advertising gimmick. Tape quality was never very good, so is
unlikely to make a real come back ... although tapes are more
portable than vinyl.
Big Finish just re-released "Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time" on
cassette, but that was a gimmick release to tie-in with the 25th
anniversary of that story's original release in 1999.
They should have included a free pencil for when you need to
rewind the tape though.
It's not just vinyl and music formats either. "Old skool"
games consoles have been making a come back as small "mini"
versions. Computers and the internet were both ment to bring
the death of printed books and papers, but that too never
happened, and in fact most businesses print more than they
ever have.
Oldies don't like change!
On 2024-12-30 15:48:56 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:
On 12/30/2024 1:27 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
The True Doctor wrote on 30/12/24 12:05 am:
On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:
In article <vkphtp$etin$1@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor
<agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 28/12/2024 09:11, Blueshirt wrote:
"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into
streaming."
This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video
continued deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying
DVDs this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final
Liam Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally,
LG announced just last week that it would discontinue all its
UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in
ditching the optical drive.
<Snip>
Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical- >>>>>>>> media
I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the >>>>>>>> article of interest.
Physical Media will not die.
I mean Computer/PVR Hard-drives ARE 'Physical Media', aren't they??
Perhaps YOU, Gobble-de-gook, meant *Removable* 'Physical Media'!!
I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows and
movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now cheaper per GB
than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the more reason to torrent
stuff you've already paid for if the studios won't replace your
legacy media with new media which you can still play.
But, if the 'Studios' (e.g. BBC) know there IS a market for the
physical product, maybe that'd give them reason to produce more
Product which they could then sell on Media so they might produce
more Product ......
Maybe!!
Nope.
The technology has advanced to where they can charge you every time
you view the product. Why would they accept being paid only once when
that became a viable option?
They have ever been paid once though. They got paid every time they
release the product on a new media format (VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, etc.)
and every time they do a re-release (the Star Wars saga movies have been released at least half-a-dozen times on DVD alone, both individually and
as box sets, all with different packaging and different "bonus extras").
Subscriptions for streaming puts dolar signs in teh eyes of greedy
management and looks good on paper to the bean counters due to
*supposedly* people continually paying a monthly fee ... but in reality
it doesn't, hasn't, and can't work that way. Few people want to or have
the money to keep paying out to all these silly subscription systems.
They might pay for a month to watch a new season, and then move on to
another service with the next new show. That's why quite a few
subscription services have already gone bankrupt and/or been bought up
by the big boys with deep pockets.
The big problem is more and more companies in various industries are
jumping on the same idiotic subscription system ... even down to rumours
of fools like BMW and Tesla thinking of charging a subscription fee to
use the heated seats in your car!
On 12/30/2024 12:24 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-30 15:48:56 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:Re: car subscriptions. Not rumors.
On 12/30/2024 1:27 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
The True Doctor wrote on 30/12/24 12:05 am:
On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:
In article <vkphtp$etin$1@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor
<agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 28/12/2024 09:11, Blueshirt wrote:
"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into >>>>>>>>> streaming."
This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video
continued deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying
DVDs this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final >>>>>>>>> Liam Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally, >>>>>>>>> LG announced just last week that it would discontinue all its >>>>>>>>> UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in >>>>>>>>> ditching the optical drive.
<Snip>
Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical- >>>>>>>>> media
I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the >>>>>>>>> article of interest.
Physical Media will not die.
I mean Computer/PVR Hard-drives ARE 'Physical Media', aren't they?? >>>>>> Perhaps YOU, Gobble-de-gook, meant *Removable* 'Physical Media'!!
I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows and
movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now cheaper per GB >>>>> than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the more reason to torrent
stuff you've already paid for if the studios won't replace your
legacy media with new media which you can still play.
But, if the 'Studios' (e.g. BBC) know there IS a market for the
physical product, maybe that'd give them reason to produce more
Product which they could then sell on Media so they might produce
more Product ......
Maybe!!
Nope.
The technology has advanced to where they can charge you every time
you view the product. Why would they accept being paid only once when
that became a viable option?
They have ever been paid once though. They got paid every time they
release the product on a new media format (VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, etc.)
and every time they do a re-release (the Star Wars saga movies have been
released at least half-a-dozen times on DVD alone, both individually and
as box sets, all with different packaging and different "bonus extras").
Subscriptions for streaming puts dolar signs in teh eyes of greedy
management and looks good on paper to the bean counters due to
*supposedly* people continually paying a monthly fee ... but in reality
it doesn't, hasn't, and can't work that way. Few people want to or have
the money to keep paying out to all these silly subscription systems.
They might pay for a month to watch a new season, and then move on to
another service with the next new show. That's why quite a few
subscription services have already gone bankrupt and/or been bought up
by the big boys with deep pockets.
The big problem is more and more companies in various industries are
jumping on the same idiotic subscription system ... even down to rumours
of fools like BMW and Tesla thinking of charging a subscription fee to
use the heated seats in your car!
--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky >dirty old man.
On 12/30/2024 12:24 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-30 15:48:56 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:
On 12/30/2024 1:27 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
The True Doctor wrote on 30/12/24 12:05 am:
On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:
In article <vkphtp$etin$1@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor
<agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 28/12/2024 09:11, Blueshirt wrote:
"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into streaming."
This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video continued >>>>>>>>> deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying
DVDs this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final >>>>>>>>> Liam Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally, >>>>>>>>> LG announced just last week that it would discontinue all its >>>>>>>>> UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in ditching >>>>>>>>> the optical drive.
<Snip>
Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical- media
I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the >>>>>>>>> article of interest.
Physical Media will not die.
I mean Computer/PVR Hard-drives ARE 'Physical Media', aren't they?? >>>>>> Perhaps YOU, Gobble-de-gook, meant *Removable* 'Physical Media'!!
I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows and
movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now cheaper per GB >>>>> than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the more reason to torrent
stuff you've already paid for if the studios won't replace your
legacy media with new media which you can still play.
But, if the 'Studios' (e.g. BBC) know there IS a market for the
physical product, maybe that'd give them reason to produce more Product >>>> which they could then sell on Media so they might produce more Product >>>> ......
Maybe!!
Nope.
The technology has advanced to where they can charge you every time you
view the product.á Why would they accept being paid only once when that
became a viable option?
They have ever been paid once though. They got paid every time they
release the product on a new media format (VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, etc.)
and every time they do a re-release (the Star Wars saga movies have
been released at least half-a-dozen times on DVD alone, both
individually and as box sets, all with different packaging and
different "bonus extras").
Subscriptions for streaming puts dolar signs in teh eyes of greedy
management and looks good on paper to the bean counters due to
*supposedly* people continually paying a monthly fee ... but in reality
it doesn't, hasn't, and can't work that way. Few people want to or have
the money to keep paying out to all these silly subscription systems.
They might pay for a month to watch a new season, and then move on to
another service with the next new show. That's why quite a few
subscription services have already gone bankrupt and/or been bought up
by the big boys with deep pockets.
The big problem is more and more companies in various industries are
jumping on the same idiotic subscription system ... even down to
rumours of fools like BMW and Tesla thinking of charging a subscription
fee to use the heated seats in your car!
Re: car subscriptions. Not rumors.
On 2024-12-31 16:26:46 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:
On 12/30/2024 12:24 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-30 15:48:56 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:
On 12/30/2024 1:27 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
The True Doctor wrote on 30/12/24 12:05 am:
On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows and
In article <vkphtp$etin$1@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor
<agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 28/12/2024 09:11, Blueshirt wrote:
"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into >streaming."
This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video continued >>>>>>>>>> deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying
DVDs this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final >>>>>>>>>> Liam Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally, >>>>>>>>>> LG announced just last week that it would discontinue all its >>>>>>>>>> UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in ditching
the optical drive.
<Snip>
Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical- media
I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the >>>>>>>>>> article of interest.
Physical Media will not die.
I mean Computer/PVR Hard-drives ARE 'Physical Media', aren't they?? >>>>>>> Perhaps YOU, Gobble-de-gook, meant *Removable* 'Physical Media'!! >>>>>>
movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now cheaper per GB >>>>>> than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the more reason to torrent
stuff you've already paid for if the studios won't replace your
legacy media with new media which you can still play.
But, if the 'Studios' (e.g. BBC) know there IS a market for the
physical product, maybe that'd give them reason to produce more Product >>>>> which they could then sell on Media so they might produce more Product >>>>> ......
Maybe!!
Nope.
The technology has advanced to where they can charge you every time you >>>> view the product.á Why would they accept being paid only once when that >>>> became a viable option?
They have ever been paid once though. They got paid every time they
release the product on a new media format (VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, etc.)
and every time they do a re-release (the Star Wars saga movies have
been released at least half-a-dozen times on DVD alone, both
individually and as box sets, all with different packaging and
different "bonus extras").
Subscriptions for streaming puts dolar signs in teh eyes of greedy
management and looks good on paper to the bean counters due to
*supposedly* people continually paying a monthly fee ... but in reality
it doesn't, hasn't, and can't work that way. Few people want to or have
the money to keep paying out to all these silly subscription systems.
They might pay for a month to watch a new season, and then move on to
another service with the next new show. That's why quite a few
subscription services have already gone bankrupt and/or been bought up
by the big boys with deep pockets.
The big problem is more and more companies in various industries are
jumping on the same idiotic subscription system ... even down to
rumours of fools like BMW and Tesla thinking of charging a subscription
fee to use the heated seats in your car!
Re: car subscriptions. Not rumors.
Sort of. The subscriptions to use hardware-based things already built
into the car have so far not eventuated. Subscriptions for
software-based things do exist though.
BMW was thinking subscriptions for things like heated seats, but
quickly dropped the idea when everyone complained how idiotic it was.
BMW do still charge a subscription for their "Connected Drive" services >though.
Tesla do charge a subscription for their "Premium Connectivity" package
and (I think) their useless "full self-driving" feature that doesn't
work properly anyway.
"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into
streaming."
This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video
continued deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying DVDs
this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final Liam
Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally, LG
announced just last week that it would discontinue all its UHD
Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in
ditching the optical drive.
https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical-media
I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the
article of interest.
blueshirt@indigo.news wrote:
"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into
streaming."
This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video
continued deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying DVDs
this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final Liam
Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally, LG
announced just last week that it would discontinue all its UHD
Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in
ditching the optical drive.
https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical-media
I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the
article of interest.
Wait, I thought hardcopies of media were making a comeback?
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
In article <vl0kua$27e9p$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 31/12/24 4:05 am:
In article <xn0ov6i2s3qyi9003@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
<Snip>
That MIGHT be what "clever IT specialists" can demand,I dare you to install an operrrating system without a
physical media.
Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for
me... ?
E100 per hour!
Gobble-de-gook, but YOU, Gobble-de-gook, would be lucky to get
E10/hr. LUCKY!!
So you hour want E is, Dannyboy?
The Doctor wrote on 1/1/25 3:11 am:^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted!
In article <vl0kua$27e9p$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 31/12/24 4:05 am:
In article <xn0ov6i2s3qyi9003@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
<Snip>
That MIGHT be what "clever IT specialists" can demand,I dare you to install an operrrating system without a
physical media.
Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for
me... ?
E100 per hour!
Gobble-de-gook, but YOU, Gobble-de-gook, would be lucky to get
E10/hr. LUCKY!!
So you hour want E is, Dannyboy?
Gobble-de-gook, Binky!!
--
Daniel
Daniel70 wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 1/1/25 3:11 am:
In article <vl0kua$27e9p$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 31/12/24 4:05 am:
In article <xn0ov6i2s3qyi9003@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
<Snip>
That MIGHT be what "clever IT specialists" can demand,E100 per hour!I dare you to install an operrrating system without a
physical media.
Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for me... ? >>>>>
Gobble-de-gook, but YOU, Gobble-de-gook, would be lucky to get
E10/hr. LUCKY!!
So you hour want E is, Dannyboy?
Gobble-de-gook, Binky!!
he has limited vocabulary
In article <vl3aiu$2p0ll$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 1/1/25 3:11 am:
In article <vl0kua$27e9p$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 31/12/24 4:05 am:
In article <xn0ov6i2s3qyi9003@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
<Snip>
That MIGHT be what "clever IT specialists" can demand,I dare you to install an operrrating system without a
physical media.
Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for
me... ?
E100 per hour!
Gobble-de-gook, but YOU, Gobble-de-gook, would be lucky to get
E10/hr. LUCKY!!
So you hour want E is, Dannyboy?
Gobble-de-gook, Binky!!^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted!
The Doctor wrote on 2/1/25 3:13 am:^^^^^<-Paedolphile talker noted.
In article <vl3aiu$2p0ll$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 1/1/25 3:11 am:
In article <vl0kua$27e9p$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
The Doctor wrote on 31/12/24 4:05 am:
In article <xn0ov6i2s3qyi9003@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
<Snip>
That MIGHT be what "clever IT specialists" can demand,I dare you to install an operrrating system without a
physical media.
Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for
me... ?
E100 per hour!
Gobble-de-gook, but YOU, Gobble-de-gook, would be lucky to get
E10/hr. LUCKY!!
So you hour want E is, Dannyboy?
Still Gobble-de-gook, Binky!!
Gobble-de-gook, Binky!!^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted!
AH!! So YOU, Binky, aren't actually suggesting that I *AM* a Paedophile
just that I am using Language that might be USED by a Paedophile.
How do YOU, Binky, know what sort of Language a Paedophile might use,
Binky??
--
Daniel