Review: A better Apple TV doesn't beat competition

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Toby

Try it yourself, I think you'll likely change your tune in short order.

P.S. You might want to join the rest of us in the 21st century first.

The point being.....they made money with much less advantage than we have today. They were working on the edge of being busted at every shoot, having the mob rape them for the lion's share of the revenue, working through the theater distribution system, and making, and shipping physical product.

And you want me to cry for digital hard drive cameras, downloaded to digital editing bays, and distributed through an automated server/payment system?

How about YOU try it back when it was work?
I do, actually produce videos for the local cable network, and DVD distribution. My "commitment to the community."

So, while I don't work with adult talent, I do the rest of it.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

So, while I don't work with adult talent, I do the rest of it.

But you're not comparing apples to apples, or even apples to oranges. You're equating sales and distribution of a physical product (VHS video) with digital media. Two markets as different as night and day, with significantly different limiting and non-limiting factors.

I spent 15 years in retail sales/management prior to doing this Interweb thing 12 years ago, so I think I have a pretty good grasp of the similarities and differences. There are some aspects that do translate from one to the other, but many others that simply do not. Pirating being a prime example. It was a minimal issue with VHS because the average consumer didn't have the means to make more than a few copies for friends. Entirely the opposite for digital media.