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Re: [News] Sony Claims Victory with Blu-Ray, 1.2 Million Holiday Sales of Linux-ready PS3s

  • Subject: Re: [News] Sony Claims Victory with Blu-Ray, 1.2 Million Holiday Sales of Linux-ready PS3s
  • From: Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:24:40 +0100
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chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Mark Kent wrote:
>
>>Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> 
>>> The higher definition is for Hollywood. It helps when they can make old
>>> content 'expire' (no longer be playable). They are drying people up, so to
>>> speak, and people then have to go out and get some more. Same situation with
>>> Microsoft Office...
>
> I don't think so, Roy.  DVD's will always be playable.  Unless you
> have evidence to the contrary?
>
>>I'm sure they'll be looking forward to reselling all that same content.
>
> This is a factor, no doubt.
>
>>In a shopping mall in Canada over xmas, I saw lots of blue-ray films of
>>"old favourites" such as the terminator series.  Why would you buy those
>>/again/, I wonder?

Er, for the new editing, the higher resolutions the .... I'm sure you
get it.

Example : Lets say someone buys a copy of Marti's poster of you. Does
that give them the right to own the movie for free (yuck)  when Marti
releases it? No. Why? New work. New content.

> I mostly stopped buying any movie discs once I discovered Netflix...

You're a self confessed tightwad. You would buy nothing if you could
steal it off a baby instead,

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