Comments on: Digital downloads don’t threaten optical media

By: Steven Kippel

Steven Kippel — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:59:43 +0000

Oh yeah, and book sales aren’t hampered because libraries exist – and even with digital books now.

By: blash

blash — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:39:43 +0000

“But why are so many HD DVD fans dropping their support of high-quality movies in 1080p with lossless audio?… Were they not thouroughly impressed with HD DVDâ€™s quality?”

Fuuny, you sound like you have a bit of HD-DVD bias here…

By: Wesley Novack

Wesley Novack — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:54:14 +0000

I agree with you. I believe that for the next decade at least, there will be a demand for physical movie products; ie Blu-ray Disc.

A physical, tangible product has many advantages over a “virtual” downloadable product. Packaging, collectability, portability, resale value, transferability/gifting to others, etc.

Personally, I would much rather have a physical product instead of a download.