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Are DVDs on their way out as a way to distribute films, specials, TV shows and other video content? Although the early-adopter crowd says yes, I have my doubts. The value added into DVDs these days far outweighs the relative complexity many consumers must confront to get downloadable video content onto their living room televisions.

Alternate audio tracks, digital surround and a plethora of extra features movie producers add to most DVDs are prized by almost every DVD fan I know. On the other hand, downloading a movie for free can be a bit of a process for the technically challenged as well as being a pain to get on that television. There are products like the Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Apple TV that takes care of this, but at a high cost. DVD players? $30 at a local retailer and you are ready to go.

The price of DVDs has continued to come down slowly but surely, which has to cause concern for movie studios who fear margins are being eroded at the same time movie downloads threaten to lower the revenue bar even further. In an age where DVD releases are meant to make up theater revenue letdowns, the dropping of DVD prices could be seen as a threat. But movie downloads? It’s hard to find one solution offered by any company that even comes close to threatening the physical DVD as distribution medium for video content.

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