http://www.switched.com/2007/07/26/vudu-offers-5-000-on-demand-movies-right-to-your-tv/ Switched Comments for Vudu Offers 5,000 On-Demand Movies Right to Your TV http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/26/vudu-offers-5-000-on-demand-movies-right-to-your-tv/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/26/vudu-offers-5-000-on-demand-movies-right-to-your-tv/Downloadable music service took over CD sales because of conveniences and portability. Consumers are not as picky when it comes to audio quality when it comes to convenience and portability. Not many are interested in high quality audio, and this has been shown by the failure of high quality audio mediums such as DVD Audio and SACD. The superior audio quality of DVD Audio or SACD (or even CD) as compared to compressed MP3 formats CANNOT be heard over crappy headphones on portable MP3 and iPod players. Consumers are interested in fast access to materials they can purchase and use instead of audio quality. As a result, crappy sounding iPods and all sorts of MP3 players are a common sight nowdays. Higher quality audio systems for home use are now all marketed for surround sound applications for movie and film watching. This trend towards home surround sound systems is indicative that when it comes to films and movies, the consumer IS indeed interested in the immediate "AWWW" factor of high quality video material. Another indication of this trend is that the consumers are begining to buy larger and larger HDTV's instead of buying portable DVD players. This is the exact opposite from the music industry, where quality comes second to convenience and portability. The consumer is only interested in convenient and portable but low quality video medium when it comes to TV shows and U-Tube video materials being watched on laptops and portable media players. Downloadable hi-def video formats with video and surround sound quality that is comparable to Bluray are currently not available, and inherently slow. The consumer has already shown that they prefer to listen to music, even if it of inferior audio quality, as long as it is fast to download and they can carry it wherever they go AND whenever they want... Consumers want to drive, run, ride the bus, cook, clean the apartment,etc with music from an iPod. However, when it comes to movies and films, the consumers wants to sit in front of a large screen with surround sound at home. The movie industry is a competely different animal when it is compared to music.
So there you go... That is why I think the prediction provided in this article is... crap.]]>Mar 11th 2008 8:15AM