With the cancellation of the remaining Simpsons DVDs and the seeming flat out refusal to release True Lies, The Abyss, or remaster properly their "jewels in the crown" like Die Hard, and Speed, or the X-Files in HD- many believe (as I do) that FOX really dislikes physical media. I think they are buying into the myth of "the death of physical media" and want to stop making it.
I actually wrote about this very topic here.
Yeah, the only company that bit on partnering on these (DIVX) was Circuit City. You could buy DIVX only at Circuit City when they arrived.
Yeah, the only company that bit on partnering on these (DIVX) was Circuit City. You could buy DIVX only at Circuit City when they arrived.
As time would bear out- Circuit City was NOT an intellectual thinktank. (!)
One of their many bad decisions that sunk them.
(Maybe they should have sold DIVX as something 'cool' like Mission Impossible cuz it self-destructs!)
Physical media is awesome. But the digital...look at these new virus programs where they can lock up your stuff on your Hard Drive until you pay! If you have HD copies of movies maybe the studios can repossess your movies and lock you out of your own computer files if you don't pay them! Like I said in that piece, they (the studios) want to effectively get back to the 'rental' model in a digital medium. They cannot control something you physically have in your hand.
