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Posted by NRen2k5 on 10/07/17 11:31
FatKat wrote:
> FunkyDevil wrote:
>>I don't believe people hunger for $2 downloads of TV shows they watch
>>for free on TV.
>
> It's not that they're paying to watch - they're paying for the right to
> keep it so they can watch it whenver they want. It sounds to me no
> different than people paying for albums containing songs they could
> listen for free on the radio, or buying movies on VHS that were
> available on cable.
It's very different. An album will play on any turntable; a VHS on any VCR.
An I-Tunes video will only play on an I-Pod (and 5 computers that MUST
have I-Tunes software installed).
And in two or three years when their I-Pod's are dying and their I-Tunes
videos are useless, these people will wish they had bought actual DVD's.
Not only that, but DVD's have 4× the quality of I-Tunes video, and most
TV shows would be cheaper to get on DVD than I-Tunes!
> When movies were released on videotape years ago,
> their initial retail prices were outrageous. iTune video seems pretty
> cheap in comparison
You're comparing apples to oranges. When VHS originally came out, it was
used mostly for movies. I-Tunes video is used for music videos and TV
shows. These are comparatively much cheaper productions. Coincidentally
they're also shorter, which means the files Apple has to keep are
smaller and the delivery is less expensive.
> and unlike music CD's, you're not paying for a
> chunk of material you don't want.
Apples and oranges again. We're not talking about music CD's or movie
DVD's, we're talking about TV shows.
And I hope the "chunk of material you don't want" you mentioned is
figurative of recording time, not the actual disc itself, because you
can bet your bottom dollar that I want a REAL copy of something I'm
paying REAL money for (which I did REAL work to earn).
- NRen2k5
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