What??? The MBA was a joke, it's not the future of technology by any means.
You're right, the MBA is the present, but its form is the future of keyboard based labtops.
What??? The MBA was a joke, it's not the future of technology by any means.
Well, of course, they're not going to last "forever." What technology has? Everything is replaced. However, I can see DVD & Blu Ray having a shelf life of at least another decade or so. Optical discs are a convenient, portable storage format for movie and software distribution. Downloading is often inconvenient and impractical. Moreover, selling their movies, games, software, etc., has been extremely profitable for many companies. As such, they're not all that eager to embrace a new model.Optical drives aren't going to last forever, and I think they'll start getting phased out en masse within a few years (whereas DVDs have been around almost a decade now).
Ultimately, I think blu-ray...they'll start getting phased out en masse within a few years (whereas DVDs have been around almost a decade now).
I dunno... I'm in the process of putting my entire 300+ CD library onto a sata hard drive right now on my PowerMac (have a 2nd internal sata drive for a backup of the first one). Once complete, why would I ever want to use a CD again except for some mix discs for the car changer and to load new lossless music onto the server? Heck, if car makers would get with it, you could put a single 32 GB SDRam (or whatever size/format memory storage) into a slot on the thing and have most or even all your music available. CDs are archaic. The only good use for them is getting a better original format (than the stuff they sell on places like iTunes which are lossy compressed), but really, how long would it take to download a full uncompressed album? Even on a common 5Mbit connection, you could expect a full album in under 20 minutes, half that with lossless compression pre-applied. That's not too terrible so I don't know why no one is selling them that way already or better yet, even higher resolution recordings (DVD-A and SACD were flops, but straight to a computer, you could have 24-bit/96k distributed quite easily).
As hard drive sizes keep on increasing, the idea of storing something like HDTV movies en masse won't be any different. And I seriously doubt you're going to see a replacement format for HDTV in the next 50-100 years, so I think it's a safe bet that blu-ray will be the last major pre-recorded format as such. I think everything will simply be easy storage methods in the future. You may eventually see download stations in stores for something like a credit card sized storage device (heck this 4GB sony micro USB drive I have in front of me is small enough to fit about 4 in one credit card sleeve in my wallet) that will hold the movie until you transfer it to your computer at which point you could clear it for more shopping (reusable so no waste). Or you could download off the net if you have a good connection and/or maybe even store ALL you movies on one small card/device some day (capacity will only get larger, maybe even holographic storage methods to store in 3-dimensions). The only real issue will be this DRM business. It makes life difficult for legitimate customers while true pirates get around it every time. Hopefully, the industry will wise up and get rid of it.
What??? The MBA was a joke, it's not the future of technology by any means.
I'd love to see Blu-Ray in the Mini upgrade. This would be a television's best friend.
there are already talks about 2160p, it still is Hdtv. Cable companies can't even stream in 1080p and most people who bought hdtvs in the last 2 years got a 720p model...so yeah, hdtv is going to last a couple years but I really doubt it will still be hdtv in 100 years lol...look at how the world world changed in 50 years....do you really believe it will be the same in 50 years....when there is technology and profits ahead, don't worry, they'll come up with something more amazing year after year...
50GB disk is already too small for data storage and backup
I dunno... I'm in the process of putting my entire 300+ CD library onto a sata hard drive right now on my PowerMac (have a 2nd internal sata drive for a backup of the first one). Once complete, why would I ever want to use a CD again except for some mix discs for the car changer and to load new lossless music onto the server? Heck, if car makers would get with it, you could put a single 32 GB SDRam (or whatever size/format memory storage) into a slot on the thing and have most or even all your music available. CDs are archaic. The only good use for them is getting a better original format (than the stuff they sell on places like iTunes which are lossy compressed), but really, how long would it take to download a full uncompressed album? Even on a common 5Mbit connection, you could expect a full album in under 20 minutes, half that with lossless compression pre-applied. That's not too terrible so I don't know why no one is selling them that way already or better yet, even higher resolution recordings (DVD-A and SACD were flops, but straight to a computer, you could have 24-bit/96k distributed quite easily).
As hard drive sizes keep on increasing, the idea of storing something like HDTV movies en masse won't be any different. And I seriously doubt you're going to see a replacement format for HDTV in the next 50-100 years, so I think it's a safe bet that blu-ray will be the last major pre-recorded format as such. I think everything will simply be easy storage methods in the future. You may eventually see download stations in stores for something like a credit card sized storage device (heck this 4GB sony micro USB drive I have in front of me is small enough to fit about 4 in one credit card sleeve in my wallet) that will hold the movie until you transfer it to your computer at which point you could clear it for more shopping (reusable so no waste). Or you could download off the net if you have a good connection and/or maybe even store ALL you movies on one small card/device some day (capacity will only get larger, maybe even holographic storage methods to store in 3-dimensions). The only real issue will be this DRM business. It makes life difficult for legitimate customers while true pirates get around it every time. Hopefully, the industry will wise up and get rid of it.
I'm galled how many people here seem to think that hard media (whether optical disks or crystals or bio-goop whatever the heck they come up with next) is going to disappear because of internet downloading.
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And when I have a really important film job, or a recording gig -- I'm not ever going to hand someone an IP address and say, "Here, go download it." I will always be handing them a pristine, hard copy master -- be it a roll of film, an optical disk, crystal thingy, or bio-goop.
You are certainly correct. Right now at this time. But there will certainly be a time in the future where everything will be downloaded. When the time comes when internet is fast, secure and reliable, downloading would be more practical than physically handing out crystal thingies and/or bio-goops.. But until then....
...would be the killer combination for the ultimate next-gen console.