wilpig wrote:
] ] Check the year-end reports from the various sectors of
] ] the entertainment industry, and it's clear that DVD
] ] stands alone as an unqualified sensation. It's such a
] ] success that it might even be eclipsing - and
] ] cutting into - other leisure pursuits.
] ]
] ] Each DVD amounts to a consumer devoting money and time to
] ] watching a movie at home, sometimes in lieu of going to a
] ] theater or watching TV or listening to a CD.
]
] Are you listening to this RIAA? Its *NOT* only peer2peer
] trading that is responsible for your sagging sales. There are
] a number of factors, and probably the biggest is that other
] entertainment avenues are taking a larger slice of the pie.
]
] If you'd listen, you'd hear consumers voting (with their cash)
] that other entertainment avenues currently represent a better
] value for the money then a mediocre CD with 2 good tracks.
]
] LB
The album format needs to die. A $5 EP CD with 2-5 songs makes tons more sense and would sell a lot better as a result of the better price and missing songs we generally don't want anyway. I love music but personally have many more DVDs than CDs now.

RE: DVD's success steals the show