Isn't he the guy that invented bug spray?
lol ever heard of Mr. Sarcasm?
Wow... some serious gripes with physical and optical media in this thread...
1. My point is that the penetration of Internet connections over 2mb is actually pretty small worldwide. If I want to download a film, length of approximately 2 hours, you are looking at a file size of about 1.5 GB from iTunes. It will take about 1 and a half hours to download at 2mb. Now if you are capped at your "it won't take very long" 256kb, then it will take nearer 13 hours...
2. In the UK, the average speed is about 4mb. Now imagine everyone downloading films online as that is the only way to obtain them, it just wouldn't work in the current state. Despite the media hype, a small percentage of connected internet users use P2P to download films illegaly, and even with that small proportion, ISPs are unable to cope with the amount of bandwdth required of them, hence the capping. The small number of people using the BBC iPlayer is enough to cause concern to UK ISPs with regards to bandwidth issues. Bringing me back once again to that fact that the entire infrastructure of the internet needs an overhaul if its is to be able to sustain the selling of digital media.
3. Also what are you arguing about when it comes to the legal or not legal issue? What difference does that make to the argument that optical media will remain here for the foreseeable?
4. And lastly, what are you on about when it comes to vinyl... it was merely an example of how physical media is still in demand. Businesses work on a meet the demand model.
1. well i dont know about you, but i see 13 hours as a pretty quick download time. it will only be an overnight download, nothing wrong about that (from where i see it anyways). ok i have ADLS2+, its the fastest we can get around here unless we move to the city, it is blisteringly fast. even when i upped to 8mbits p/s that was fast.
i know that i'd be willing to wait a little while for a movie, as opposed to driving around looking for the movie in HD (DVD = nono these days) or waiting a week for it to torrent!
2. you think your ISP's need an overall?? man please come to australia and check it out, our system is terrible.
if you have solid numbers about the "slowing of the ISP's" and whatnot, come and share please. i'd love to know the actual impact P2P and all the other types of shows have on everything.
3. there are two main points i am making with that statement.
a) people are downloading more, thus keeping things on their hard drives more, thus using less DVD's and optical media (this is also people of the whole "computer home theatre" systems. e.g. connecting your macmini into a HD screen and using that as your media server. (i am doing this in a coupla months, just gotta get the mini
🙂 ).
b) legal or illegal, people are downloading a hell of a lot more than they used to, optical media (especially in the movie sector) has taken a pretty nasty hit. just look at the iTunes stores numbers, they have many titles available for you to download yada yada yada and they are pretty darn cheap. so yea. it all counts.
4. i am COMPLETELY confused as to why people want to use "old" technology. its wayyy outdated, it sounds pathetic, and its overall just crap. who are you going to see carrying around a record player and a few records.. i just completely miss the point of using outdated technology (except for when it cant be afforded of course).
