DVD Going the way of VHS

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Makes no sense to me and sounds like BS to me. I for one would never watch a full length movie on my computer. I want to sit in my living room and watch it on my HD big screen TV with surround sound. And I'm sure that's the case with the majority of people.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are convinced that we want to use computers to do everything and frankly, I think they're nuts. If I can order movies from Blockbuster online and have them delivered in the mail and can order 3 at a time so that I always have new movies to watch, even if I watch one a day, why the hell would I want to download them to my computer? And now with Blueray the movies look better on a HD TV than they do at the movies.

Hammer, with new PCs and new TVs, you can run an HDMI connection right to the TV and watch it full screen HD just like a disc. Microsoft and Apple both has suggested different ways to get the point of a "PC next to every TV, an integrated part of any home entertainment system". It's coming, it won't be all that long, as PC prices continue to drop down to the level of a good toaster oven.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Hammer, with new PCs and new TVs, you can run an HDMI connection right to the TV and watch it full screen HD just like a disc. Microsoft and Apple both has suggested different ways to get the point of a "PC next to every TV, an integrated part of any home entertainment system". It's coming, it won't be all that long, as PC prices continue to drop down to the level of a good toaster oven.

HDMI or screw a computer. Add on Apple TV with its own net connection. Free and paid content along with whatever you want to toss to your TV audio or video. Its just a matter of sync.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Hammer, with new PCs and new TVs, you can run an HDMI connection right to the TV and watch it full screen HD just like a disc. Microsoft and Apple both has suggested different ways to get the point of a "PC next to every TV, an integrated part of any home entertainment system". It's coming, it won't be all that long, as PC prices continue to drop down to the level of a good toaster oven.

Sure, but how many people are going to do that when they can buy or rent a DVD? At this point I believe the majority of people using the Internet are still on dialup and don't want to pay broadband prices just to surf the Net so it's not just the price of a PC that matters.

It's just like the iPhone. Geeks and Mac addicts have them but most people still have and will continue to use standard old cell phones, Blackberries and ppcs. For every iPhone user I see I can count 100 that are using something else.

Eliminate us geeks and technofiles from the equation and your left with Joe Average and he ain't gonna hook his PC up to his TV. The vast majority of people I talk to every week have nothing more than a basic knowledge of computers or the Internet.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Hammer

It's just like the iPhone. Geeks and Mac addicts have them but most people still have and will continue to use standard old cell phones, Blackberries and ppcs. For every iPhone user I see I can count 100 that are using something else.

Eliminate us geeks and technofiles from the equation and your left with Joe Average and he ain't gonna hook his PC up to his TV. The vast majority of people I talk to every week have nothing more than a basic knowledge of computers or the Internet.

AMEN!

EXACTLY on point. What's scary, is, I'm the smartest guy in the town, likely the township, and Maybe even the county, on these things.
And I'm not just being arrogant.

The average Joe gets it spoon fed to him at the bar.