http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/ Engadget HD Comments for Blu-ray holiday primer gets you informed http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 6th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 6th 2008 9:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 6th 2008 10:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/
Digital downloads are convenient if you have uncapped high speed broadband and want to rent a movie. After all, who cares about DRM or the best audio/video quality for a rental which will expire in 24 hours. They're not so hot if you actually want to own a movie. I'm not sure if you consider ownership "quaint" or not, but digital downloads are a long way off supporting ownership.]]>Nov 7th 2008 7:55AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 7th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 7th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/
Buying movies on disc (especially with the inflated cost of blu-ray) is a false economy. Trust me, I own thousands. My need to buy was driven by the fact I could access anything from my library at any time I felt like watching it. Well, guess what, I have access to a library of 10,000 plus movies right now over the net and I don't feel much of a desire to keep buying discs.

Plus the concept of 'ownership' you describe is something of a fallacy. You don't own the movie the studios do, you own a digital copy on a DVD or blu-ray with very, very limited rights on how, when and where you are allowed to watch it. Read the warnings at the start!
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"I use Vudu right now, I rent HD titles for 5.99 (actually 3.99 for catalogue titles, SD rentals start at 99c). "

Each? Ouch...I can appreciate the convenience, but I think I'd rather just wait the day it takes to get my Netflix in the mail. If someone had a DD service that was $40-50/month and allowed full access to the entire HD/SD catalog they had available on "hard copy", I would seriously consider switching...even at the cost of a little (and I mean little! :-) ) bit of quality. Until then, there's no cost benefit for me to switch. Know what I mean?]]>Nov 7th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 7th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/06/blu-ray-holiday-primer-gets-you-informed/Nov 6th 2008 10:57PM