Re: DVD and Blu-ray discs
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:50 pm
Well, I think that this matter has been well and truly debated, as usual, by the half dozen sensible users of this forum.
With the last few contributions digested it seems that streaming is the way things are going, notwithstanding the interruptions that Ken complains about and which drive my dear wife potty! These are not even rare occurrences but presumably will lessen with the improved broadband that is being rolled out. Tim really has the important point, you can pick almost any commercial film ever made and find it on one of the main networks. For those like Ken (and in part myself) who have a collection of favourite films this may not be so important, but, as has been said, how many times to you view a given film?
What really concerns us film makers, is how we distribute our own productions. Jameela explains the rigmarole that she has to go through to get a film from a stick (drive) to the TV screen. Most of us, except Tom who is way ahead of the game, have to do something similar. Discs avoid all that and, what is the most important point, they can be handed to anyone with a player. The youngsters don't have players and they don't have disc slots in their computers so I direct them to either my personal film web site or my Vimeo site but the film will probably only be viewed on a computer.
Discs might well survive for many more years but the people that we would like to hand our discs to won't have players, it's a simple as that.
With the last few contributions digested it seems that streaming is the way things are going, notwithstanding the interruptions that Ken complains about and which drive my dear wife potty! These are not even rare occurrences but presumably will lessen with the improved broadband that is being rolled out. Tim really has the important point, you can pick almost any commercial film ever made and find it on one of the main networks. For those like Ken (and in part myself) who have a collection of favourite films this may not be so important, but, as has been said, how many times to you view a given film?
What really concerns us film makers, is how we distribute our own productions. Jameela explains the rigmarole that she has to go through to get a film from a stick (drive) to the TV screen. Most of us, except Tom who is way ahead of the game, have to do something similar. Discs avoid all that and, what is the most important point, they can be handed to anyone with a player. The youngsters don't have players and they don't have disc slots in their computers so I direct them to either my personal film web site or my Vimeo site but the film will probably only be viewed on a computer.
Discs might well survive for many more years but the people that we would like to hand our discs to won't have players, it's a simple as that.