Comments on: Another trend that affects DVD sales and circulation http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/02/23/another-trend-that-affects-dvd-sales-and-circulation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=another-trend-that-affects-dvd-sales-and-circulation Stephen Abram's Posts About Library Land Mon, 21 May 2012 20:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: walt crawford http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/02/23/another-trend-that-affects-dvd-sales-and-circulation/comment-page-1/#comment-2519 walt crawford Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:38:54 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3241#comment-2519 Based on what I've seen elsewhere and reading that item word for word, I'd say (a) it's literally true, (b) it's also essentially meaningless. Did 86% of the online population watch at least one YouTube clip during December 2009? Most likely. Is there a dramatic shift of actual TV viewing (let's call it long-form video) away from TV to the internet? Not according to other sources. Based on what I’ve seen elsewhere and reading that item word for word, I’d say (a) it’s literally true, (b) it’s also essentially meaningless. Did 86% of the online population watch at least one YouTube clip during December 2009? Most likely. Is there a dramatic shift of actual TV viewing (let’s call it long-form video) away from TV to the internet? Not according to other sources.

]]> By: Michael Golrick http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/02/23/another-trend-that-affects-dvd-sales-and-circulation/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 Michael Golrick Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:26:12 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3241#comment-2367 Maybe I am too damn literal (and I am currently doing my state's public library statistics, so I could be focused on that), but I think this is something that Walt Crawford would call attention to as overstating the case. If it was done by survey, I'd like to know the question asked (the linked page does not say), and it most certainly could include anyone who watched a YouTube video. I have not watched a whole movie (nor would I want to) on my computer. I bet there are many more. On the other hand, I do agree that it is a trend which bears watching. I just don't think it is as widespread for longer content as the article seems to say. Maybe I am too damn literal (and I am currently doing my state’s public library statistics, so I could be focused on that), but I think this is something that Walt Crawford would call attention to as overstating the case.

If it was done by survey, I’d like to know the question asked (the linked page does not say), and it most certainly could include anyone who watched a YouTube video. I have not watched a whole movie (nor would I want to) on my computer. I bet there are many more.

On the other hand, I do agree that it is a trend which bears watching. I just don’t think it is as widespread for longer content as the article seems to say.

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