"dilvie" <dilvie@removethiss.dilvie.com> wrote in message
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> > The solution to this, of course, would be the same thing movies do.
> > Introduce DVD audio to the market, which is superior quality to CDs and
> > certainly to any mp3 counterpart, and pack it with special features like
> > commentaries, makings of, EPs, practice sessions, music videos and maybe
> > even concerts. These discs will have a lot more value to consumers than
a CD
> > and will contain material not easily attained via P2P. For other
examples,
> > note how people still buy DVDs, even though they might be paying for
HBO.
>
> A temporary solution, at best. Fans are already swapping ripped DVD's..
> true, they're currently compressed beyond belief, but as technology
> advances, this will obviously change.
>
> - Eric
At which point, it would be prudent to increase the value of DVDs again.
Commercial technology will always exceed consumer technology. It's only when
the corporations haven't upgraded (as they have not with CDs in a decade and
a half) and allow consumer technology to match what's being offered (with CD
burners, and mp3, which is arguably superior to CD due to versatility) that
a problem occurs. When it gets to the point that consumers can easily and
efficiently swap the entire content of a DVD, it'll be up to the companies
to think of new consumer incentives for purchasing these types of products.
For right now though, the big difference that I'm suggesting is the special
features, which I believe to be key to the DVD's success. You can download a
movie in a few hours with a broadband connection, of lesser quality, but
very watchable without too much hassle. But it's notoriously more difficult
to download the special features that come packaged on most DVDs, which
often times total 10+ hours of entertainment for your purchase.
The problem with the CD is that it's lost it's viability. They're better
quality, but not enough to make a huge difference for the average consumer,
and that's the only thing they offer over a free mp3.
--
"I remember another gentle visitor from the heavens, he came in peace and
then died, only to come back to life, and his name was E.T., the extra teres
trial. I loved that little guy."
- Reverend Lovejoy, The Simpsons
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