Death of DVDs

[Shrek]

Well CDs are reaching their end and will soon die. How long do you think it will take for DVDs to die out after being replaced by a new format?

NOTE: This thread was inspired by this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14080).

[Sun Baked]

Man these copycat threads are giving me a headache.

[scem0]

Originally posted by Sun Baked
Man these copycat threads are giving me a headache.

At least it isn't your thread being copied..... Well, I don't mind
actually. I like these threads. I think that within 15 years everything
will be conducted over the internet. When you buy a program you
will buy it on the internet and download it to your HD. I don't think
there will be many removable media types like Cds and DVDs.

[beatle888]

i thought the community was talking about a
day when all software and tasks will be writen
to be used OVER the internet...you buy Adobe
PhotoShop and get a license to access the software.
the software does not reside on your system.
the same thing could happen with documents.
the document stays on a main server that you
can access anywhere...these services would be
offered by internet providers or digital document
storage facilities. hehehe maybe our hard drives
with actually decrease in file size :) in the future.
maybe a ten megabyte hard drive would be
enough...just for preferences and cash.


i also remember reading that osx would allow
system administrators to install ONE copy of
osx on a server and everyone else would have
like...client software...and the adminstrator would
only have to maintane one system folder for
an entire network.

maybe thats what turned into "USERS"
but i thought this allowed you to control
many computers with one system folder.

[scem0]

That is also a good idea, and your hard drive wouldn't fill up
so quickly because you have all your programs located on
some random server, and not your HD.

[cubist]

... on a network of computing servers maintained by an entity we might call Big Brother. Big Brother will never lose anything you store there... he will never make any inappropriate use of your personal financial or health information... It is only a convenience to you that your files are automatically made available to the insurance companies, your credit rating to lending institutions, your health records and biometric data to the FBI...

... It is just a coincidence that your mortgage was foreclosed the same month you were laid off... Just a coincidence that many of your friends have moved away and not had time to write... Oh, and that person who you thought you used to work with, who had that odd religion? It seems he never existed. He is an unperson.

Comrade, we are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia.

No matter. You love Big Brother.

[diorio]

Originally posted by Shrek
Well CDs are reaching their end and will soon die. How long do you think it will take for DVDs to die out after being replaced by a new format?



Hopefully not too soon, I just got my first DVD player yesterday:(

[irmongoose]

How about this... the software comes in a thin, square shaped harddrive with a firewire (or gigawire) plug at the tip, and you stick that into your computer port and the thing shows up on your desktop... and it's like a CD from there, except it can hold 60 or 80 or 120 GB or info.




irmongoose

[iGav]

Neither will die soon..... the installed user base is too high for CD!! And DVD has the fastest consumer take up in history for a media format!!

It can be very difficult to push new formats once one is established..... look at DAT or DCC or even MiniDisc........... DAT never took off outside of Audio recording studios, DCC was screwed because it was a tape based format and as such in terms of operational functionality not as convienient as a disc, and the MiniDisc that was launched around the same time as DCC only really began to get popular in the late 90's, but is already on the decline because of MP3 players...........

They'd do better to refine the existing technologies, like what Sony have done with the CD format...... DVD will likely go the same way, further refinements, larger capacity etc etc!! We don't need a new format that will further confuse things, we need further refinements and breakthroughs in the way we encode media, that deliver suprerior quality to what already exists!!

[railthinner]

When will the price of a DVD-R drop?

[BenderBot1138]

Another disk demise thread... excellent...

http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/images/bios_townspeople_burns.gif

My vote goes to the frisbee for new disk to replace the dying DVD...

But definitely a good point Shrek; Media change is forcing me to buy my whole music collection over and over again way too quickly these days.

[Shrek]

Originally posted by BenderBot1138
But definitely a good point Shrek; Media change is forcing me to buy my whole music collection over and over again way too quickly these days.

Let's just hope DVD remains the standard for at least the next 10-15 years. ;)

Though I would like to see holographic CDs and DVDs come out that can still be read and written to by current DVD/CD players; all you would need is a firmware update. So far, it is said that holographic CDs will be able to hold up to 200GB. There is a thread on this, but I am too lazy to find it right now. :o

EDIT: Nevermind. I found it. Here it is (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12572).