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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: [OT] DVD is Dead. Long Live DVD.
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:26:59 +0000
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On 30/12/2024 08:32, Blueshirt wrote:
> The True Doctor wrote:
> 
>> On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:
>>>>
>>>> Physical Media will not die.
>>>
>>> Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.
>>>
>>> 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.
> 
> 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

They stopped being made because CDs were cheaper, and then the sound 
quality of CDs went down the toilet thanks to massive amounts of 
unnecessary dynamic range compression being put on them when they didn't 
need any, so people started demanding new stuff on vinyl, not just DJs 
who needed physical records to scratch with without any lag.

> 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!
> 

DVDs are Standard Definition so unless you're only watching shows made 
in SD then they're obsolete just like wax cylinders and 78s. In fact 
even with SD shows recorded in component RGB format on quadruplex video 
recorders, they'd still look better on Blu-ray because Blu-ray would 
better preserve the original colours. When they introduced the 
new-fangeled helical tracking systems the video quality went down the 
toilet since they only recorded in composite format.

Anyone can make a deck to play back vinyl and tape thousands of years in 
the future even without instructions. I doubt they'd be able to make a 
DVD or Blu-ray player due to the encryption being used.

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