Warner wants to convert your existing disc collection to UltraViolet

And they still don't get it..

but getting closer

No thanks Warner. Take UV and shove it where the Sun doesn't shine.

Jeff

HA HA HA HA HA, Warner, I want a lot of things too but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna get it....

@ivymike Just like a three-way, every guy wants one but most dont get them. lol

I see where this is going with Warner. They won't be happy until they own everybody and their videos with no optical disk.

Screw that. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people like owning a physical disk to do what they with it. Figures iTunes would be involved but Walmart? I purchase Blu-Ray disks through Walmart. Older remastered movies go from $5.00 up. I just purchased Spinal Tap widescreen 5.1 yesterday for $8.00. Shpping is free if you pick it up from one of the stores.

You better believe the first thing I am going to do is back it up and use the copy to preserve the original.

Wonder how the MPAA and RIAA attempt at revisions of the DMCA is going?

Hope we sleepy Americans realize like with the defeat of SOPA and PITA that no new restrictions are needed. Enough is enough.

"Give 'em the finga!"

Jeff

I don't buy CD's at Wal*Mart. Only because the S.O.B.'s censor the profanity out of the discs and they do so without a clear label stating that this disc has been edited.

Originally posted by ivymike:

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I don't buy CD's at Wal*Mart. Only because the S.O.B.'s censor the profanity out of the discs and they do so without a clear label stating that this disc has been edited.

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I have 4 movies on my phone from these guys (came with the physical copies BTW), and the only advantage that I see myself is they're available to stream and not on your phone taking space, but that's about it.

Originally posted by blueboy09:

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I have 4 movies on my phone from these guys (came with the physical copies BTW), and the only advantage that I see myself is they're available to stream and not on your phone taking space, but that's about it.

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I would think if you bought a disk, to play in a player.

You probably did so not generally to be able to have a copy but to simply be able to play a file without having to stream it.

To stream a movie to your phone you will still need enough quota to cover that whole file so if harry potter was a 2 gig file then you'd need 2 gig to be able to stream it to your phone another 2 gig to be able to stream it to your TV, another 2 gig if you want to play it at any other time.

See how you could run out of data quota quickly

Also if you don't have a connection able to pump the data through quick enough it's all pointless as it won't work at all anyway, so you'd need to pirate or buy the disks again.

It's not thought out very well, but this is what you get when people think you can convert everything into a digital copy it doesn't work for every situation.

Originally posted by ivymike:

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I don't buy CD's at Wal*Mart. Only because the S.O.B.'s censor the profanity out of the discs and they do so without a clear label stating that this disc has been edited.

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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"Give 'em the finga!"

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I wouldn't be surprised if Wal*Marx censored some DVD's also...

I don't have an electron microscope on hand to look for the fine print bullshit that says whether this CD has been altered or not.

If I fork over hard earned money to hear Eminem swear his ass off, then I damn well better hear some foul language on the damn disc I purchased and not some sound gaps or stupid bleeping sounds.

Remember, Walmart's HQ is in Bentonville, AR, the bible belt of the U.S. Its the right wing christian censors who drive this BS and force Walmart and other media producers to censor media. In the mean time these folks are hitting on their neighbors wife and viewing porno on the internet, hypocrites all!

Originally posted by ivymike:

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I wouldn't be surprised if Wal*Marx censored some DVD's also...

I don't have an electron microscope on hand to look for the fine print bullshit that says whether this CD has been altered or not.

If I fork over hard earned money to hear Eminem swear his ass off, then I damn well better hear some foul language on the damn disc I purchased and not some sound gaps or stupid bleeping sounds.

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Originally posted by Semperfipal:

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Remember, Walmart's HQ is in Bentonville, AR, the bible belt of the U.S. Its the right wing christian censors who drive this BS and force Walmart and other media producers to censor media. In the mean time these folks are hitting on their neighbors wife and viewing porno on the internet, hypocrites all!

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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Originally posted by Semperfipal:

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Remember, Walmart's HQ is in Bentonville, AR, the bible belt of the U.S. Its the right wing christian censors who drive this BS and force Walmart and other media producers to censor media. In the mean time these folks are hitting on their neighbors wife and viewing porno on the internet, hypocrites all!

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Indeed.. People are very Holy until they get out of church, have a few drinks then beat their wife(s) and children as LDS fundamentalist polygamists do.

Churches should pay taxes just like the rest of us. The line should be drawn between separation of Church and state at the economic level. The Catholic Church makes ~ 1/2 trillion $ a year without paying $0.01 for taxes. My family are all Catholic but damn.. Pay up guys and gals.

The Bible belt is 200 years behind the times.

Jeff

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Originally posted by LordRuss:

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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Originally posted by Semperfipal:

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Remember, Walmart's HQ is in Bentonville, AR, the bible belt of the U.S. Its the right wing christian censors who drive this BS and force Walmart and other media producers to censor media. In the mean time these folks are hitting on their neighbors wife and viewing porno on the internet, hypocrites all!

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Indeed.. People are very Holy until they get out of church, have a few drinks then beat their wife(s) and children as LDS fundamentalist polygamists do.

Churches should pay taxes just like the rest of us. The line should be drawn between separation of Church and state at the economic level. The Catholic Church makes ~ 1/2 trillion $ a year without paying $0.01 for taxes. My family are all Catholic but damn.. Pay up guys and gals.

The Bible belt is 200 years behind the times.

Jeff

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(Deity of choice here) knows I've grown up around enough beer drinking baptists to confirm all this! Except one little smidge of a fact... just 200 years? Maybe for the US sure, but on a global scheme...

I just watched Keven Smith's "Red State" last night. Talk about a horror film. Yeah, yeah, little off topic & a possible political statement, but kinda hints toward a possible, passable truth. Might/could apply here too.

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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I'll be 57 on Thursday the 15th (Ides of March)... OOoooo :0.

Jeff

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Originally posted by LordRuss:

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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I'll be 57 on Thursday the 15th (Ides of March)... OOoooo :0.

Jeff

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Kid's birthday is on the 16th, & you're 10 years 'my' senior, either way I'm getting older too. Happy birthday if it doesn't get around. And what's topical... Like an ointment.

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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My eldest daughter will be 30 5/4. My youngest is 27. Two + years apart.

Now, where is my scooter? j/k

Jeff

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Couple of questions:
Why do I have to have my disk "converted"? One would assume simply proving ownership should be enough to gain access to an already converted, HQ version.

Will they do like Apple did? Where they scan my PC and give me a streamable version of any media I already have?
Now THAT would be something.

Originally posted by ThePastor:

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Will they do like Apple did? Where they scan my PC and give me a streamable version of any media I already have?
Now THAT would be something.

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Originally posted by ThePastor:

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Couple of questions:
Why do I have to have my disk "converted"? One would assume simply proving ownership should be enough to gain access to an already converted, HQ version.

Will they do like Apple did? Where they scan my PC and give me a streamable version of any media I already have?
Now THAT would be something.

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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The industry will pawn you one way or another.

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Originally posted by LordRuss:

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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:

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The industry will pawn you one way or another.

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Ding! Ding! Ding! What has he won Alex!

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For music, I only buy CDs. I don't need Warner to rip the disk for me. If fact I am sure I will do a far better job than they since I care about quality. CDs cost about the same as mp3s, by the album but you have the disk and have the quality. If I had to choose between UV and nothing, I would pick nothing. The big media houses only produce garbage. The only real talent out there is in the independents.

Even the disks are not what they used to be. They used to be stamped foil now they have a new process that old players have a hard time reading.

The greed of the media will put them out of business. The demise of Blockbuster will grease that path. They always bought the junk along with the good stuff. With their plans, I would even rent junk because there was nothing better. I had seen all their old movies and the industry doesn't produce a good movie per month for many years. Recently it has been much worse than that. They are way better off re-releasing old movies. At least I will be entertained when I go to the movies. I will pay to see Titanic and the like on the IMAX.

No way Warner & WalMart will I ever use your UV service!! I'd rather use the physical discs in my DVD player.....

I know how to convert my DVDs into other formats, so Warners and all the other media companies are out of luck, and I'm glad!!

Hmmmm, Warner & Walmart. They were major factors in the BR vs. HDDVD war weren't they?

YEah, NOT into getting rid of my tangible discs. Unfortunately, IMO I think the ones really against optical discs becoming extinct are the ones who know how to manipulate the data on them so they can do what they want with them. I don't think the large majority of the market does this though. If I didn't I would probably buy more through streaming since it's easier than going to Blockbuster. But now that Blockbuster is almost gone, streaming might actually be more of a reality. Especially when people get fed up with the 30-day new release BS with Red box & Netflix.

I don't know where the future lies. As much as I don't like it, I think all media will eventually no longer be tangible. I don't we will see it in our lifetime though.

Here's another thing. I remember when Netflix was threaten by the internet companies because it was consuming too much bandwidth. Consumers were worried that their internet rates would increase. What's going to happen when people start streaming BR files all over the net?

Reading the article and replies wonder if I'm the only person who likes the idea of having ownership of already purchased DVDs and CD's in a virtual place rather than physical.

I'd like to be able to watch any movie I own anywhere and not have to rent a storage facility. My collection is too large for the small apartment I'm renting. Entropy happens.

The only disadvantage of UV was everything I've purchased from 1990 to present. This article is telling me I'll be able to transfer those. I can't take it all with me when I die but this is the next best thing.