There was a time when you would pay $30 for a CD at a music store . To be sure you were spending your hard earnt cash on something worthwhile you could hang around the store wearing those big headphones and listen to every tune on the album . When satisfied you left with $30 less , a tiny plastic bag with a plastic case and a CD in it.
Then came the days of the Download.
You can hear the whole album on the net and for a small amount of effort you can buy an MP3 download of lesser quality than the CD for half the price or less .
You can have standard movies downloaded on the internet for half price or less . It is very hard to download a blu ray dvd you need an extremely large bandwith and a plan that permits you to download a lot of GBs. Well done Blu Ray dvd! You can download wii cheats, PS2 cheats, free apps , essentially anything that can be put on a dvd can be downloaded .
What does this mean? For the consumer it’s good news, for a bit of effort on the internet they can have whatever they like and cheap . For most instances the quality is inferior but it’ll do . As for the movie corporations, artists , production teams , while they are not going broke they are losing out on a lot of money to the download craze . Movie buffs will always enjoy going out for the night, eating popcorn and watching the movie on the big screen , that will hardly change . It is the movie rental business which was very profitable will suffer tremendously . People now have the option , get in the car , drive to the dvd Rental , to find the movie has been hired out , settle for something else they don’t like and receive a late fee because they returned it late. Otherwise they can chill out in front of the computer for a quick movie download.