Quantity Vs quality. Now we can have (processed) turkey sandwiches every day of the year, not just the day after thanksgiving or by going to a deli that fresh roasts turkeys every day.
Because I have an old television with only two HDMI slots I am using my Blu-ray player to stream, and I only have been streaming Netflix (although I could also stream Amazon Prime if I wished to). Netflix getting rid of its DVD by mail service is prompting me to rethink cutting the cord and putting a Roku in that second HDMI slot. Then I could subscribe to PBS Passport, Kanopy, the Criterion Channel, and maybe MUBI, Curiosity, and Max (if they keep the Turner Classic Movies content available) in addition to Netflix and Amazon Prime. I could also sign up for the rent by mail service that Scarecrow Video offers. Together, that would give me far more fresh turkey every day than I could possibly eat!
I just worry that people who cannot stream are being left behind and (far more important) many works are going to die ahead of their natural lifespan because media companies are squatting on their copyright rather than releasing material they never intend to stream or reissue on disc into public domain. So many artistic works (such as “The Night of the Hunter”) are only rediscovered and appreciated years or even decades after they were originally created. But for that to happen, the public have to actually be able to SEE them!
Quantity Vs quality. Now we can have (processed) turkey sandwiches every day of the year, not just the day after thanksgiving or by going to a deli that fresh roasts turkeys every day.
Because I have an old television with only two HDMI slots I am using my Blu-ray player to stream, and I only have been streaming Netflix (although I could also stream Amazon Prime if I wished to). Netflix getting rid of its DVD by mail service is prompting me to rethink cutting the cord and putting a Roku in that second HDMI slot. Then I could subscribe to PBS Passport, Kanopy, the Criterion Channel, and maybe MUBI, Curiosity, and Max (if they keep the Turner Classic Movies content available) in addition to Netflix and Amazon Prime. I could also sign up for the rent by mail service that Scarecrow Video offers. Together, that would give me far more fresh turkey every day than I could possibly eat!
I just worry that people who cannot stream are being left behind and (far more important) many works are going to die ahead of their natural lifespan because media companies are squatting on their copyright rather than releasing material they never intend to stream or reissue on disc into public domain. So many artistic works (such as “The Night of the Hunter”) are only rediscovered and appreciated years or even decades after they were originally created. But for that to happen, the public have to actually be able to SEE them!