Re: Digtal is here. Film production to be stopped!

[Pål Jensen]

Gerald wrote:

> I don't buy the CD comparison at all.  First, CDs and vinyl are consumer
> purchasing pre-recorded information (other's work).  Even 20+ years after
> CDs begin, consumers are still using analog cassettes for the recording of
> their own works.  Digital cameras are the same way and cassettes.  


The point I was trying to make wasn't that there are similarities between LP's and 
film, but that a company may discontinue a product, even if it sells well, in order to 
force the consumer over to a more profitable product.
The more money these companies put into digital, the less they put into film. They 
will want this investment back. There are two ways of doing this: a) Either make the 
new product massively appealing and/or b) make the old one less appealing by eg. 
increasing its costs, reduce the availability or downright discontinue it. The history 
is full of such cases and its a real danger in the film vs. digital issue. 


Pål  


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