Comments on: Netflix CEO Looks Into the Future and Sees…DVDs

By: elmer

elmer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:33:15 +0000

Does anyone remember the failure of DIVX, or whatever it was called. You bought the movie but could only watch it once. Circuit City was the chief seller of the player. If the movie industry had their way, that’s where we would be.

By: drphilb

drphilb — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:55:55 +0000

The question if DVD or Blu-Rays will be around or any other physical media will be determined by the distribution. Big box retailers are moving away from this because of the cost of distribution and how successful Apple has been capturing most of the music distribution.

Personally I look forward to who ever we can purchase or rent media from via the Internet. Cable companies have it wired with the OnDemand feature which is available with a click of a button

Redbox price point is perfect since anyone can justify a movie rental for a dollar. Hopefully Redbox will develop something for the net to keep them a viable company for years to come. Having access to thousands of titles of current and older movies all at a dollar or even offering an unlimited rental rate for a flat fee will give the cable companies and NetFlix competition which in the ON Demand area is untouched

By: Manny

Manny — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:59:44 +0000

why dont they just make like usb video players.. small and efficient. the movies will be put in a usb.. plug and play.. walla! saves space instead of having big dvd cases…

By: Saurik

Saurik — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:17:43 +0000

Doubt it but if you were to get an “iMplant” I’m sure it would be possible…

By: moviecrazy

moviecrazy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:54:03 +0000

Dvds will be around for a long time to come, it’s a great medium and it’s not going anywhere for a long long time.

By: JJJ

JJJ — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:14:22 +0000

Will the “in plant” have a spell checker too?

By: Cody

Cody — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:08:58 +0000

I think DVD will peak and start to die down within the next 5 years and Bluray and streaming will pick up until some other sort of something comes out. Weather it be HD movies put on small flashdrive type things or devices like Apple TV take over. Streaming won’t be like DVD is now for probably another 10-20 years due to cost.

By: bmalo

bmalo — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:48:59 +0000

i’m still waiting 4 a brain “movie” inplant.

By: infoman

infoman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:33:58 +0000

Oh, I forgot that before VHS we had 8 mm film. In fact, we were still using those in Jr. High in the late 80s.

By: infoman

infoman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:31:30 +0000

I think there will be *some* physical media still being sold, but it probably will be something that isn’t out yet – in my lifetime (36 years), I’ve already seen VHS, beta, laserdisc, CED, DVD, HD DVD, and now Blu-ray.