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11-12-2009, 01:55 AM
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shivering
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DVD vending kiosks
When did that happen? $1 a day.
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11-12-2009, 01:56 AM
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Rub quim here
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert Notorius
When did that happen? $1 a day.
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Otherwise known as the death rattle of the DVD renting industry.
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11-12-2009, 01:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert Notorius
When did that happen? $1 a day.
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18 months ago here.
BTW - all that DVD stuff is over soon. 100% streaming in less than three years. |
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11-12-2009, 02:49 AM
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irrumatio king
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Originally Posted by Karen Kraft
18 months ago here.
BTW - all that DVD stuff is over soon. 100% streaming in less than three years.
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I want 1080p streaming. Because of blu-ray, I've stepped foot in a blockbuster for the first time in years.
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11-12-2009, 02:54 AM
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And local Blockbusters are closing..
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11-12-2009, 02:59 AM
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Ding Dong Ding
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Originally Posted by SuprSalor
And local Blockbusters are closing..
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Somewhere between (and beyond) streaming and hard-drive storage is whatever is next. DVDs and CDs are already dead, they just don't quite know it yet. |
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11-12-2009, 04:49 AM
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You Knew This....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert Notorius
When did that happen? $1 a day.
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The empire (the studios) strike back!
About 2 months ago, the major studios announced they would not sell DVDs to the "Redbox" ($1 DVD kiosks) until 2 months after a movie was released on DVD...
Just yesterday, they announced a 30-day embargo on sales to Netflix of movies released on DVD... |
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11-12-2009, 03:45 PM
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shivering
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I can barely dl youtube. Rural residers will still be screwed.
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11-12-2009, 03:55 PM
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You Knew This....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bert Notorius
I can barely dl youtube. Rural residers will still be screwed.
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I discovered bit torrent and never looked back. 
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11-12-2009, 03:57 PM
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You Knew This....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kreepy Kraft
18 months ago here.
BTW - all that DVD stuff is over soon. 100% streaming in less than three years.
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I doubt it. 75% of all students prefer downloads to streaming.
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11-13-2009, 02:04 AM
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Rub quim here
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuprSalor
And local Blockbusters are closing..
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They're closing nationally, too.
Even their own financial people say they don't see a future for Blockbuster.
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11-13-2009, 02:12 AM
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irrumatio king
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Originally Posted by Bert Notorius
I can barely dl youtube. Rural residers will still be screwed.
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I don't completely understand it, but WiMAX may bring broadband to rural people in somewhere between 5 -20 years (unless satellite is better). Consider this: As long as you're within 30 miles of the local central office, you can get 1.5 Mbit or faster Internet with no wireless to lay.
Frankly, I'm more disappointed at the lack of wires being laid in large cities. Most places I look I only have one or two choices for broadband.
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If it can be done, then it turns someone on. If it can't be done, then it still probably turns someone on.
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11-13-2009, 02:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RoryN
They're closing nationally, too.
Even their own financial people say they don't see a future for Blockbuster.
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More folks out of work. And we're not talking MIT grads here, we're talking about the guys who couldn't get a job at McD's.
I think the old saying about the world needing ditch diggers too just isn't true anymore..  |
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11-13-2009, 02:18 AM
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irrumatio king
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Originally Posted by SuprSalor
More folks out of work. And we're not talking MIT grads here, we're talking about the guys who couldn't get a job at McD's.
I think the old saying about the world needing ditch diggers too just isn't true anymore.. |
Digitally streamed self-digging ditches.
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If it can be done, then it turns someone on. If it can't be done, then it still probably turns someone on.
"Love is God's work, not mine. I seek only to devour the flesh."
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11-13-2009, 03:32 AM
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Tried those things twice, got a torn up dvd that would not play the 1st time. The second one was in worse shape.
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11-13-2009, 06:59 AM
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shivering
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MechaBlade
I don't completely understand it, but WiMAX may bring broadband to rural people in somewhere between 5 -20 years (unless satellite is better). Consider this: As long as you're within 30 miles of the local central office, you can get 1.5 Mbit or faster Internet with no wireless to lay.
Frankly, I'm more disappointed at the lack of wires being laid in large cities. Most places I look I only have one or two choices for broadband.
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The technology exists to transmit digital signal over power transmission lines (BLC or PLC) but the power companies don't know how to make it happen. And there are interference issues to contend with. |
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