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martyb
on Thursday May 23 2019, @05:06AM
from the here's-hoping-the-fat-lady-has-laryngitis dept.
from the here's-hoping-the-fat-lady-has-laryngitis dept.
Netflix changed how we watch TV, but it didn't really change what we watch...
Netflix has achieved its incredible growth by taking distribution away from cable companies. Instead of watching The Office on cable, people now watch The Office on Netflix.
This edge isn't sustainable.
...
Disney's cable business has stagnated over the past seven years. But in about 175 days, Disney is set to launch its own streaming service called Disney+.It's going to charge $6.99/month—around $6 cheaper than Netflix.
And it's pulling all its content off of Netflix.
This is a big deal.
No more Bunk'd on Netflix? Nooooooooooooooo...
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Netflix has 175 Days Left to Pull Off a Miracle... Or It's All Over
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There *__is* intelligent life on Earth, but I leave for Texas on Monday.
(Score: 1) by Chocolate on Thursday May 23 2019, @12:33PM (2 children)
Never owned or touched a blueray disk. Never had a blue ray player but have ps4/now, but still won't buy blue ray. DVD all the way till it dies baby!
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:15PM (1 child)
That's actually a wise attitude, considering Blu-Ray discs have the data so close to the surface that the faintest, lightest barely-visible-at-any-angle scratch can make it unreadable. (Though if the scratch is at the right spot on a game instead, it can result in some really interesting effects. I now have a copy of Red Dead Redemption in which riding a horse causes John to sink under the ground and produces pseudo-art like this [postimg.cc].)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:48PM
Ugh, that's over a decade out of date. Yes the data layer is closer to the surface on blurays, in order to make them easier to read. But they also have high-durability coatings that are far more scratch resistant than the old DVD polycarbonate. What you wrote was true back when blurays came in protective cartridges, but those days are long past.