^^This^^^
Oh so very much this!
Hollywood's business model is now officially outdated. People no longer flock to cinemas lioke they did in my youth and twenties. Technology is available to home users that cinemas would have killed for just ten years ago. I have an HD projector and screen in my own house - I have no need to go to the cinema any more even if it wasn't overpriced and inconvenient.
Hollywood can get behind the 'viewing from home via the internet' model - and sack their (pirate chasing) lawyers and their (region locking and staggered release) marketing executives in one fell swoop, thereby saving billions - or die.
Stark choice but people like netflix seem to be doing OK - if only hollywood would get with it we'd all see films as and when we liked, for a reasonable price, in the comfort of our own homes.
(, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:23, Reply)
nope...
i live in the centre of london, super fast whizzy connection, and about 15 feet from the exchange (used to be fibre... but it was shit)
a buffering/or internet drop out mid film is unacceptable... we still need physical media or the ability to watch a completely downloaded film...
and what about my sister...loves films, lives rural...
the business model needs changing ill grant you... but remember not everyone has netflix/internet/hd projectors...
(, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:38, Reply)
Don't itunes do full downloads on their movies?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:47,
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they do... but thats still a lot of internet
a lot of internet somepeople dont have... and i fancy watching a film... in 2 days its not really the same as the cinema or buying a dvd from your nearest town (goodluck with that)
(, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 10:59, Reply)
Then like me you still will want to buy a physical copy.
I only use steam because I can make my own discs under their DRM.
Sadly with HMV, game, and gamestation going down the swanny the option to buy a disc is getting harder.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 11:11,
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I wonder...
...If a film/TV show is supported by product placement, can the producers use illegal download figures to ask for more cash from the product placers?
"Dear Toyota. You paid $x for our 1,000,000 person audience to see your car in the latest episode of "House". We can now confirm that a further 200,000 people illegally downloaded/streamed this episode. Please find attached an invoice for $0.2x..."
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TheAlmightyBeev, Wed 14 Mar 2012, 12:54,
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