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sdw2001 said:

I’ll say it again.  Give me all the star trek movies in 4K.  And all the series.  Then I’m in.  Otherwise, nope.  

hmurchison said:

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spliff monkey said:

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retrogusto said:

Apple needs to make the movie industry understand what Steve made the music industry understand years ago: the price needs to reflect the reality that the competition is free (pirated). It's basically an example of the fact that if you're not willing to disrupt your business model as the world changes, someone else will. 

As fewer and and fewer people "buy" movies, studios will have less incentive to refuse to license streaming rights to their newer and more popular titles, and they will probably just sell to the highest bidder. If we end up with fewer mediocre big-budget movies about superheroes saving the world from destruction, so be it. 

I think the the music streaming model seems to be working out pretty well, all things considered. My friends who were making a living with music pre-streaming are still doing every bit as well, but like most recording artists, album sales were always a small part of their income--it's mostly live shows and licensing. And streaming services are probably at least as good as the average record store for helping lesser-known musicians to become recognized.

It's different for movies of course, but as streaming services grow, there will be more money to go around. If studios have to take a chance on an undiscovered talent rather than paying millions to an established star, that won't be so bad. And I'm with Sog on this one--if you have a good story, you don't need a ton of CGI. 

huge difference between music and movie business.

Its very difficult to pirate 4k movies. Very difficult.  Like 100x harder than music.  

You can download a music file in 5 seconds. It takes days to download/upload a 4k movie.

Because of this pirating movies isn't mainstream like how music was.

All of you assumptions regarding pirating 4K are 100% wrong. 

No the are not.

4k movie files (the high quality ones) are MASSIVE.  They take massive resources to upload/download and host. You also need special software to rip those movies and get past encryption. Most of those programs are grey market and can open you up to virus. Also those download sites are filled with virus.

downloading a tiny music file is 100x easier than a 4k movie.

You'd be amazed how well HVEC compresses 4K video.  It's not going to be as bad as you envisage.

This article is fantastic about the results of AVC and HEVC compression. 
https://www.techspot.com/article/1131-hevc-h256-enconding-playback/ ;

Pretty much solidified my choice to move everything to HEVC.  

herbapou said:

I own over 200 HD movies on itunes and I can tell you I will not be buying those same movies again just because its 4k.  I was expecting a free upgrade of those movies to 4k.

I think 4k should not cost more....  Its the same content, just a different resolution.  Hollywood wants to pull the same trick they did when we went from dvd's to blue-rays.  Well guess what, nobody is buying physical media anymore, it wont work this time.