Subj : Re: Hola
To   : The Godfather
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Apr 27 2023 15:10:32

  Re: Re: Hola
  By: The Godfather to Nightfox on Thu Apr 27 2023 04:34 pm

 Ni>> I feel like there will probably always still be a market for
 Ni>> physical media. I don't think online streaming can always be relied

 TG> I do hope so. There had been talk within the Consumer Electronics industry
 TG> for years about eliminating physical media in place of cloud based
 TG> content. In part due to costs to make, transport, purchase, and inventory;
 TG> while in part the ability to better control copy-write protections. I
 TG> don't recall a bootleg blu-ray market, while also I don't recall a torrent
 TG> with the audio quality of blu-ray on a good sound 7 channel and speaker
 TG> sound system. 

Yeah, I don't think there's a big bootleg blu-ray market, but I think copying media is something the industry has always been nervous about.  Also, there are some countries I've heard about that actually do have a big bootleg market (such as China) where it's common for people to buy and sell copied bootleg discs for movies, music, and computer software.

Also as far as torrents, it seems there actually are some fairly good torrents out there.  I'd think the audio quality should be pretty good, as a lot of audio is at least 5.1 channel.  I've also heard of torrents that are ripped straight from the disc and not compressed so that you'd get the full audio and video quality (if you can find those).

One issue I see is that there are multiple different streaming services available, and the subscription fees for each one would add up - If you have several of them, the total cost could be similar to a premium cable TV package. I don't think I watch enough TV for that to be worth it.

Nightfox
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