| TalonMan said: No, it IS way too early for anybody to be proclaiming anything dead. Yes, it seems that BluRay is making waves and yada, yada, yada... ...but what you guys are totally disregarding is that the mass consumer still doesn't give a crap about either of these new formats!!! Come talk to me when either BluRay or HD-DVD manages to sell even a 10th of what DVD sales currently are. Until then, you all look like a bunch of scavangers fighting over crumbs... ...oh, and by the time that happens - perhaps digital media will have made enough advances so that both Sony and Toshiba will have wasted billions of dollars on an obsolete war. Congrats guys... :| |
Once upon a time back in the 90's people really wondered what the big deal with DVD's were and that they would just fail and not displace VHS as the standard for movies, etc. When they were first released nobody knew why they would want such a thing as they had perfectly fine VHS movies that played good on their VCR's and TV's.
I think that when we really start to see this take off is when HD is the standard and is mandated to become the only option to get signals unless you have a box to convert those signals to your older TV. People will see what the difference with HD signals and SD signals and realize that they love the clarity and sharpness of the HD sets. Also costs of the HDTV's continue to drop and the technology moves forward even more. Could there be a digital media distribution method that doesn't require DVD's or disks of any sort? Sure, just as there is a chance that someone will develop a car that runs off urine and feces. It could happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath for a technology that isn't on our doorstep.
My pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard. And they're like, "You wanna trade cards?" Damn right, I wanna trade cards. I'll trade this, but not my charizard.
