05-31-2014, 04:17 AM
I was reading this article tonight and had some doubts.
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/5/054007/article
They don't seem to account for multiple viewings of DVD bringing down production & transport costs.
Nor how increasing resolution on streams increases processing energy and exponentially increases bandwidth costs.
They also have some strange thoughts like DVDs only last 3-5 years with 1 viewing per year. I've got DVDs I purchased in 1998 - not long after they were introduced - that still play JUST FIIINE.
In the end it seems that this study, funded by Uncle Sam, is playing to the content producers neverending quest to monetize every playback of their content.
Discuss!
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/9/5/054007/article
They don't seem to account for multiple viewings of DVD bringing down production & transport costs.
Nor how increasing resolution on streams increases processing energy and exponentially increases bandwidth costs.
They also have some strange thoughts like DVDs only last 3-5 years with 1 viewing per year. I've got DVDs I purchased in 1998 - not long after they were introduced - that still play JUST FIIINE.
In the end it seems that this study, funded by Uncle Sam, is playing to the content producers neverending quest to monetize every playback of their content.
Discuss!