Search results

  1. SultanOfWhat

    For Those Who Still Think Physical Media Has No Place in the 21st century…

    Regarding SpaceX's Starlink, from Bloomberg article today that discusses the likelihood that Starlink will be spun off from SpaceX as a publicly-traded company: “This is going to turn SpaceX into a company that is providing service to consumers, which we are excited about,” Shotwell said. The...
  2. SultanOfWhat

    For Those Who Still Think Physical Media Has No Place in the 21st century…

    SpaceX's Starlink will be far more likely than 5G to be able to deliver fast wireless internet to rural and underserved locations. There are 240 Starlink satellites up right now (SpaceX launches them 60 at a time), with perhaps a thousand more that will be launched over the remainder of the...
  3. SultanOfWhat

    For Those Who Still Think Physical Media Has No Place in the 21st century…

    I've been following a thread on Hi Def Forum for years that tracks Blu-ray/DVD sales. The numbers for 2019 are in this post: https://www.highdefforum.com/1425447-post5396.html From the post by Bruce Ames: Last week's numbers are in, so the 2019 totals are (in millions): OD: $3393.39 -17.6%...
Top