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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides first streaming title with 7.1 audio.

4 Cons right off the top of my head:

1) Not HD quality
2) Probably compressed so much as to make it pointless
3) Only available from one source...VUDU
4) Only in English

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I think the point that most people on boards like this miss is, while you and I might be concerned about quality loss, the target audience, i.e. the rest of the world, doesn't even notice.  They watch their movies on their phones, for god's sake.

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Quoting mdnitoil:

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I think the point that most people on boards like this miss is, while you and I might be concerned about quality loss, the target audience, i.e. the rest of the world, doesn't even notice.  They watch their movies on their phones, for god's sake.

Yeah, right. The rest of the world is sitting at home on their sofas streaming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on their Nokias .

I don't know how anyone can get entertainment out of the POC films. There just total junk of the worst kind. The only saving grace of the 4th one, is that it did not have Orlando Bloom in it.

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Quoting samuelrichardscott:

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides first streaming title with 7.1 audio.

4 Cons right off the top of my head:

1) Not HD quality
2) Probably compressed so much as to make it pointless
3) Only available from one source...VUDU
4) Only in English

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I don't know how anyone can get entertainment out of the POC films. There just total junk of the worst kind. The only saving grace of the 4th one, is that it did not have Orlando Bloom in it.

And yet you watched all four? Surely stopping after the first if you have such a low opinion would have been a good idea? If only to keep your sanity.

Personally I love them. Obviously I like total junk.

On topic...I don't know about you lot in the US, but the value of DVD's has dropped significantly in the UK since Blu-ray appeared.

I used to be able to sell my DVDs to Blockbuster/Cast Convertors for anything from £1-£5 depending on the age of the film.
Over time that price has dropped.

Now, Blockbuster offer between 10p upwards and most stuff (unless it's a new release) you only get between 20p-40p.
Cash Convertors were offering 60p per DVD, but that recently dropped to 40p.

I have found the only way to make any money on DVDs is eBay, and ONLY if the film is rare or very popular.

This happened with VHS when DVD appeared and now you can't even give VHS to some charity shops because they can't get rid of them.
Now the same things seems to be starting with DVD.

I've finally got to the point now that I won't buy anything on DVD unless it's very cheap or ONLY on DVD because I know in the long term I will replace on Blu-ray and the DVD will be worthless.

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Quoting mdnitoil:

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I think the point that most people on boards like this miss is, while you and I might be concerned about quality loss, the target audience, i.e. the rest of the world, doesn't even notice.  They watch their movies on their phones, for god's sake.

Yeah, right. The rest of the world is sitting at home on their sofas streaming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on their Nokias .

Well considering how many people are watching their content on their televisions with the original factory settings, stretched out and over-processed like a bad video game, how many of them do you think really notice quality?  It's not my fault the general population doesn't have your discerning eye. 

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I think the point that most people on boards like this miss is, while you and I might be concerned about quality loss, the target audience, i.e. the rest of the world, doesn't even notice.  They watch their movies on their phones, for god's sake.

Spot on. That's why streaming is steamrolling and is the way of the future, like it or not.