Broadband speeds are only going to get faster. I see in the near future the ability to totally rely on digital distribution of media content. Imagine being able to not worry about hardware failure b/c your account has all purchases logged and you can just re-download a previous purchase. I mean the "shiny discs" don't disappear when a hard drive fails, but what happens when those same "shiny disc" get scratched up? That practically the same thing as a hard drive failure as you still won't be able to watch the content you purchased.
There is always the argument that we like to have a physical copy, at least with older generations, but as I look at it now I have come to the conclusion that I like having a physical copy as well, but imagine having all the same content without having to actually store the cases and disc. Have them get lost, scratched, damage, borrowed and forgotten, etc... I could go on. The future isn't blu, or hd-dvd... it's digital!
Another possible great example would be for recalls similar to the recent Blu-ray Pirates of the caribbean movie. instead of having to recall disc they could just offer up a new download and instantly fix the framing issues in the movie (even though that should have never been missed and allowed to happen).
"Imagine being able to not worry about hardware failure b/c your account has all purchases logged and you can just re-download a previous purchase."
I can imagine that, but the current crop of music stores can't. Neither iTunes nor Amazon allow you to re-download music you've already purchased. I doubt if they will let you re-download movies.
disappointed, thats one big advantage the live ecosystem has. im really surprised they dont advertise it more because you can do that now on both xbox live (tv shows,game videos) as well as zune content.
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Broadband speeds are only going to get faster. I see in the near future the ability to totally rely on digital distribution of media content. Imagine being able to not worry about hardware failure b/c your account has all purchases logged and you can just re-download a previous purchase. I mean the "shiny discs" don't disappear when a hard drive fails, but what happens when those same "shiny disc" get scratched up? That practically the same thing as a hard drive failure as you still won't be able to watch the content you purchased.
There is always the argument that we like to have a physical copy, at least with older generations, but as I look at it now I have come to the conclusion that I like having a physical copy as well, but imagine having all the same content without having to actually store the cases and disc. Have them get lost, scratched, damage, borrowed and forgotten, etc... I could go on. The future isn't blu, or hd-dvd... it's digital!
Another possible great example would be for recalls similar to the recent Blu-ray Pirates of the caribbean movie. instead of having to recall disc they could just offer up a new download and instantly fix the framing issues in the movie (even though that should have never been missed and allowed to happen).
"Imagine being able to not worry about hardware failure b/c your account has all purchases logged and you can just re-download a previous purchase."
I can imagine that, but the current crop of music stores can't. Neither iTunes nor Amazon allow you to re-download music you've already purchased. I doubt if they will let you re-download movies.
Actually, amazon does let you re-download. itunes only lets you once - at least the last time I checked.
...for movies.
disappointed, thats one big advantage the live ecosystem has. im really surprised they dont advertise it more because you can do that now on both xbox live (tv shows,game videos) as well as zune content.