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<blockquote data-quote="joecrow" data-source="post: 1176825" data-attributes="member: 128337"><p>I think you may well be right regarding the sucess or failure of 4K UHD but for copy protection I guess we must wait and see.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I bought DVDs because they offered the best quality playback, on a robust medium, available in their day. Similar with Bluray though the medium is less robust. My decision to purchase was/is based on, do I want to see this movie and retain it to view again and is the audio multlingual to suit my household, copy protection has never been a consideration!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Try telling that to the cable TV companies in the USA.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would suggest that what nearly killed the music distribution industry was the unacceptabley high prices they charged for CDs that cost pennies to produce, and their inability to understand/come to terms with making a profit out of the inevitable lower cost alternative. Music CD copy protection was merely a pathetic attempt to maintain the margins on the overpriced CD.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are you really sure about that? For me it is the exact opposite, I do have some of my favourite music on the HDD and download new. The CDs though have long gone and my vynal disks are up in the attic with no means to play them!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here I think you are right on the nail, the ever increasing features available on TVs will ultimately make the HTPC redundant and MP2 with it. When we look far enough in the future though, it is always possible to find an excuse for not doing anything now<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joecrow, post: 1176825, member: 128337"] I think you may well be right regarding the sucess or failure of 4K UHD but for copy protection I guess we must wait and see. I bought DVDs because they offered the best quality playback, on a robust medium, available in their day. Similar with Bluray though the medium is less robust. My decision to purchase was/is based on, do I want to see this movie and retain it to view again and is the audio multlingual to suit my household, copy protection has never been a consideration! Try telling that to the cable TV companies in the USA. I would suggest that what nearly killed the music distribution industry was the unacceptabley high prices they charged for CDs that cost pennies to produce, and their inability to understand/come to terms with making a profit out of the inevitable lower cost alternative. Music CD copy protection was merely a pathetic attempt to maintain the margins on the overpriced CD. Are you really sure about that? For me it is the exact opposite, I do have some of my favourite music on the HDD and download new. The CDs though have long gone and my vynal disks are up in the attic with no means to play them! Here I think you are right on the nail, the ever increasing features available on TVs will ultimately make the HTPC redundant and MP2 with it. When we look far enough in the future though, it is always possible to find an excuse for not doing anything now;). [/QUOTE]
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