Well this argument has started to bore me, so this will be my last post. Again you use nothing but your own personal preferences to show in what direction the world is going. Things you like in tech are going to succeed, while things you don't like won't. Have fun with that closed mindedness.
You also don't see the future going on around you. You don't think as younger generations grow up they won't be more tech-informed? It's already happening. You don't think companies will expand the availibilty of broadband and Wi-fi? It's already happening. Things like firmware updates are becoming commonplace. And tech is evolving to make it easier to install them. If you really can't see that then you have your blinders on.
My precious 8-tracks? I never even owned one. My only comment was that 8-track was not a failure as you wish to make it seem. And the only reason you wish to see it as a failure is because you linked Blu-ray to 8-track. The fact remains it was very popular for a decade, with it's biggest boom from '70-'74. It wasn't until '75 that cassette really started chipping away at its marketshare. Hell, they didn't even start to have cassette players in cars until '69-'70. So for 5 years it was the only option in cars.
Like I said, your blinded by your link with Blu-ray. Get rid of that and be open-minded. If a product can stick around for 2 decades, make profit, and still be liked by those who used to own them, there is no way to call it a failure. Of course you won't see that, since all you know is what you've grown up on. Where I can look at the past. In fact here's a link if you want the facts: http://stason.org/TULARC/musical-instruments/8-track-tapes/index.html
How can you predict that eveyone who has DVD's will get an upconverting DVD player? By that logic there would be no Blu-ray players on the shelves. Why wouldn't they buy a Blu-ray player that also upconverts DVD's? New and old tech combined. In fact, a lot are. Otherwise, Blu-ray would be falling, not rising. And instead of 6 Blu-ray players, my Wal-mart would have 6 upconverting DVD players.
You speak as if digital downloads are just destroying DVD and Blu-ray, which is not true at all. It's rising, true, but it nowhere has the marketshare of DVD and Blu-ray combined. Like I said, digital downloads will not fail, as they make profit. But what you seem to want to ignore is that Blu-ray is also succeeding in making companies a profit. So they are supporting both, and both will stick around, as there is a market for both. Stop being so one-sided.
So you didn't grow up when they had 8-tracks, but you call me a kid? LOL. Seriously how old are you? Ah, 22. I'm 25, so sorry I'm no kid. Especially compared to you.
