Blu-Ray vs. Dvd

Thanks to MTV, many new styles were born and they are what defined the community. Such as wavy hair styles, leather, slicked back hair, etc. All of these styles had larger to smaller effects on pop culture. One of the many items that started being used, and is still widely used today, was the compact disc, or better known as the CD. With music packed into each little disc, people couldn’t get enough of it.

Unlike traditional pay per view, VOD, usually offered by a local cable provider, offers subscribers wider choice and the ability to start a movie whenever they want, instead of at a pre-arranged time. Up to this point, Video on Demand (VOD) is expanding,

DVDs are alternative storage devices that offered 14 times more storage capacity. Surveys showed that DVD disc drives would increase from 7% to 59% of all optical-disc-drive shipments by 2005.

Optical Drive Sony High Speed DVD RW Drive: The optical drive serves the purpose of if some games and programs require that they be downloaded of a disk it should not be an issue with this optical drive. In addition because of this computers high performance and quality the drive is multimedia capable which means that movies will also be playable on the computer.

Occasionally, people use to go out and rent DVD’s to watch a specific movie from rental stores. Advancement in technology has brought a sufficient change in customer’s behaviors, today DVD rental stores have almost gone. Moreover, by time we saw enormous increase in channels being provided by cable providers, but today even that has been replaced by streaming media devices, thus my time, role of cable providers might also disappear due to the introduction of devices such as Netflix, Apple TV etc. “DVD sales have also been hit. The Los Angeles-based Digital Entertainment Group estimates DVD sales in 2008 fell 8% to $21.6 billion from a year earlier, while DVD rentals were flat.” Charny, Ben. "Viewers Tap Free Web Content." Wall Street Journal, Eastern

DVD (digital video disc) come in a variety of recording options and can store 9.4 GB, more advanced DVDs has the capacity of 50GB. CD (compact disc) come in several types: CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW.

According to Digital Entertainment Group; Think video streaming, from services such as Amazon and Netflix, is killing physical discs? Not quite yet, Blu-ray sales ere 28.5 percent higher in the first quarter of this year than a year ago (DEG 2013). Thus, as the Blu-ray player is a compliment to physical DVD's, and the Blu-ray player sales are growing, it is apparent that consumers demand for the physical DVD still exist. Consumer Reports Stated that:

The survey also concluded that 42% of Redbox’s active customer base is renting more DVDs than before Redbox entered this industry. This model can be win-win situation for Redbox, movie studios and most importantly the customers.

concern raised by the users is whether Linux supports the use of CDs and DVDs for

DVD-ROM:Digital Versatile disk read only memory is used for storing large software applications. It permanently stores the data which is not erased or over written. It stores more than 4GB of data.

3. Stop charging for extra Blu-ray rentals. Blockbuster has a DVD plans that does not charge extra for Blu-ray. If Netflix offers the same service for a reasonable price more people will start using Netflix.

Netflix, the online subscription-based DVD rental service aimed to better satisfy customer in a way competitors didn’t, customized and personalized service with unlimited monthly rentals from a great variety of film offerings. Now they want to leverage their strengths to enter into the Video on Demand market

Before the advent of movie rental stores, to watch a new movie, people had to go to theatres or cinemas spending a lot of money. Video rental was the answer to the new needs. Since the 90s, video rental industry has become a very big business; in those years, rental prices rose as more and more people began renting movies. At the same time, new players entered the market creating strong competition inside the industry. In the last years, the field of home entertainment has changed dramatically because of the presence of Internet and new technologies (Recorded DVD & Video in the United States, 2009).

With the introduction of new technologies and the development of electronics products, people are now having more opportunities to view movies. However, home viewing is still the most popular way of watching movies. Accordingly, Movie rental has become an industry. This essay will give a detailed analysis of the global leader in the movie rental industry, Blockbuster.

Ah, the old CD player. When you actually had to go out of your house to purchase the album of your favorite artist. It’s probably a good thing that they got rid of the little cheaply made discs. So many times I broke or scratched one of my favorite CD’s and would dread having to save up all over again to get a new one. Same with DVD’s. You had to go out and buy a movie to be able to see it. There was no such thing as torrenting movies or instantly purchasing and downloading it from your computer. I loved being able to purchase DVD’s. I liked the thought that if I kept saving up, I could have a huge collection and could show it off on my entertainment system. It was like a weird hobby that everyone seemed to have back then. Who has the biggest DVD collection? I also miss having a local movie store around the corner. Such as Blockbuster or Star Video. It’s not the same as having a movie kiosk located at every