The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won

Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by toast0 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:38PM (#16117006)

Optical disks are becoming more relevant for me as Netflix's catalog shrinks because content owners want to launch their own streaming. If I want to watch something today and in 6 months, I better buy it on disc, because who knows if it'll still be available later. Also, the minivan can play blu-rays, but streaming netflix on I-5 in central california doesn't seem likely to work.

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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by StillBored on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:14PM (#16118591)

Well, i'm in the same boat with respect to netfix and disks. But my usecase tends to be more along the lines of watching the movies on my tablet in the gym (which requires time shifting them if you will).

That isn't possible with UHD blurays at the moment, and I've sworn off buying DRM encumbered products. Just one of my reasons is that exactly 100% of the HDDVD's I purchased that were warner brothers products have bitrotted (its apparently true of nearly all of them if you believe other peoples posting) despite the fact that the disks from other studios continue to play. Some people have gotten the disks replaced with blurays, but WB didn't even respond to requests I made.

So, I won't buy DRM encumbered video products. I might rent them, but they can kiss off if the price is more than redbox or similar.

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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by mjevans on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @05:41PM (#16119833)

Really, what I want is to just buy an unencumbered digital version that isn't screwed up.

Give me something like the steam experience but without even the "DRM" of that.

Also set a reasonable price point. 5 USD for a SEASON of a great show sounds like a good high price starting point. Make it inexpensive for me to GIFT seasons to others as well. Maybe 2.50 for the first season to someone else, and then lower in cost after that.

How to increase profits? Stop the lobbying, consumer-fighting-disservice, and DRM insanity and just focus on making a good product and delivering it in an EASY way for consumers to get.

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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by toast0 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @04:52PM (#16128305)

$5 USD is probably too low, depending on the length of the season; $2 USD / disc probably covers manufacturing and distribution (for Blu-Ray; DVD manufacturing maybe $1 USD), but you need something to pay for the talent too.

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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by mjevans on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:03PM (#16208967)

Clarifying, download + standard license to the copyrighted content in all formats in perpetuity only.

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