Comments on: DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION IN 2009 http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749 For artists and art lovers who are drawn to the edge. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:48:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lighten up indie film kids! « Dave’s screen and sound playground! http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749&cpage=1#comment-130 Lighten up indie film kids! « Dave’s screen and sound playground! Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:04:09 +0000 http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749#comment-130 [...] fact, look at what the future could hold! We are in an absolutely prime spot to beat the big guys on a lot of these distribution fronts. Be [...] [...] fact, look at what the future could hold! We are in an absolutely prime spot to beat the big guys on a lot of these distribution fronts. Be [...]

]]> By: Adam Chapnick http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749&cpage=1#comment-121 Adam Chapnick Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:39:36 +0000 http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749#comment-121 Hey Roger! I bought me a Roku player and I LOVE it. For me it was the price point ($99) and the fact that I'm no longer a gamer, since owning the ill-fated Atari 5200 in 1985... I think you're spot on in pointing out that the no-risk/no extra money to shell out per film scenario is the golden ticket for consumers, psychologically. I predict that simply Netflix's monthly subscription model, plus the sub $100 device price, will, more than anything else, make them the service to beat. As long as they keep ramping up the Download Instantly library! Hey Roger!

I bought me a Roku player and I LOVE it. For me it was the price point ($99) and the fact that I’m no longer a gamer, since owning the ill-fated Atari 5200 in 1985…

I think you’re spot on in pointing out that the no-risk/no extra money to shell out per film scenario is the golden ticket for consumers, psychologically. I predict that simply Netflix’s monthly subscription model, plus the sub $100 device price, will, more than anything else, make them the service to beat. As long as they keep ramping up the Download Instantly library!

]]> By: Jarrod Whaley http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749&cpage=1#comment-119 Jarrod Whaley Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:05:36 +0000 http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749#comment-119 Mr. Tinch, I have quite a bit to say in response to your article. Rather than say it all here, I have posted my comments to be own blog at the URL given below. I invite responses from either you or your readers, either here or in the comments section on my own post. http://www.oakstreetfilms.com/2008/12/19/the-present-is-not-the-future/ Mr. Tinch, I have quite a bit to say in response to your article. Rather than say it all here, I have posted my comments to be own blog at the URL given below. I invite responses from either you or your readers, either here or in the comments section on my own post.

http://www.oakstreetfilms.com/2008/12/19/the-present-is-not-the-future/

]]> By: The Present Is Not The Future - Oak Street Films http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749&cpage=1#comment-118 The Present Is Not The Future - Oak Street Films Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:00:46 +0000 http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749#comment-118 [...] familiar and oddly comforting. Take, for example, Roger Erik Tinch’s take on cinematic “Distribution and Consumption in 2009,” a particularly illustrative instance of the phenomenon. Tinch presents the observable fact [...] [...] familiar and oddly comforting. Take, for example, Roger Erik Tinch’s take on cinematic “Distribution and Consumption in 2009,” a particularly illustrative instance of the phenomenon. Tinch presents the observable fact [...]

]]> By: christopher http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749&cpage=1#comment-117 christopher Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:21:05 +0000 http://www.cinevegas.com/blog/?p=749#comment-117 "Online video is strong in rental, but I don’t know many people who have bought-to own digital films. There’s something very satisfying about owning a tangible version of your favorite movie." i agree that ownership will still be important - but i think only to a small percentage of the population. i know i'm already unusual in that i rarely buy movies (most that i have were given to me as gifts), but i don't think i'm unusual in hardly ever watching the ones i own. so i think when the great online library of all content is instantly and easily accessible for next to or nothing via your widescreen tv, ownership will essentially be meaningless. i wouldn't buy even my favorite films if i could simply sit down in front of my tv and call it up - and then when i'd watched my favorite scene, jump off to some ancillary material or seamlessly transition to a site with analysis or into the game version. that world will be here sooner than we think and it will decimate plastic ownership of titles. “Online video is strong in rental, but I don’t know many people who have bought-to own digital films. There’s something very satisfying about owning a tangible version of your favorite movie.”

i agree that ownership will still be important – but i think only to a small percentage of the population. i know i’m already unusual in that i rarely buy movies (most that i have were given to me as gifts), but i don’t think i’m unusual in hardly ever watching the ones i own.

so i think when the great online library of all content is instantly and easily accessible for next to or nothing via your widescreen tv, ownership will essentially be meaningless. i wouldn’t buy even my favorite films if i could simply sit down in front of my tv and call it up – and then when i’d watched my favorite scene, jump off to some ancillary material or seamlessly transition to a site with analysis or into the game version.

that world will be here sooner than we think and it will decimate plastic ownership of titles.

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