Re: How Soon Before Everything Worth Watching is On A DVD

"Tabernacle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> With Star Wars 4/5/6 said to be coming out sometime in 2004 it has set
> me to wondering when will the day come when everything worth watching
> (from a 50's TV show to one that came out within the last year to any
> movie made in the last 100 years) can be found on a dvd?
Considering the high percentage of stuff that might be worth watching that
is lost, destroyed, or tied up with some sort of copyright hassle, or simply
isn't worth watching to enough people to justify the expense, I'd say never.

>
> And when that day does come what will the impact be on things like
> Cable/Dish TV,Movie Plexes (and so on) when the home viewer can one
> day sooner or later have the ability to sit in his/hers own living
> room and watch a commercial free digital quality movie/tv show on a
> 200 inch plasma screen with stereo sound day or night (and with a
> pause button to boot)?
I watch a lot of stuff on satellite that's available on DVD. Recording it on
my Tivo is easier and cheaper than renting it (to say nothing of buying it)
at the local store.

Lincoln