Quote:
Originally Posted by sarettah
Everybody's right.
There is and will be a market for both DVD/VHS and VOD, they are not in contradiction with each other, and it will probably last for a good long time yet.
Oh my god, TV is going to kill the movie theaters
Oh my god, Cable is going to kill the movie theaters
Oh my god, VCRs are going to kill the movie theaters
Oh my god, DVDs are going to kill the movie theaters
The only references I could find stated something about Harry Potter opening in 3682 theaters in the U.S. and that that represented approx 20% of all US theaters which would put the current number of theaters in the U.S. at approx 18400, yeah, really looks dead to me, ya know.
|
But here is the deal. Hollywood has had to drastically improve the quality of their films. So the free market took care of that little problem and we, the consumer, benefit. A lesson to be learned, there.