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Post by deziloooooo on Jun 27, 2011 9:56:04 GMT -5
Just saw this article..ok, what's a flash drive.. -------------------------------------------- english.pravda.ru/business/companies/22-06-2011/118283-dvd_blu_ray-0/-------------------------------------------- Business » Companies DVD only has two or three years left "Slowly but surely, DVD is becoming a format of the past. Specialists say that the format will exist for only several years. Digital technologies, Internet and USB flash drives will oust DVDs from the market in the near future. Hollywood companies already prefer not to invest in mass production of DVD releases. DVD sales and demand on this product continue to decline. The era of physical carriers of information is drawing to its end. Walt Disney is cutting the personnel responsible for the distribution and sales of DVDs. Other film companies may follow Disney's example very soon. They already cut the production of DVD releases, although DVD sales previously guaranteed very good profits for those films that did not perform well in the box office. New modern technologies such as digital distribution and legal movie market on the Internet put a colossal pressure on the DVD market nowadays. Last year, the sales of DVD and Blu-ray disks in the States dropped by 20 percent. According to NPD analysts, the sales of such disks decreased by ten percent over six months and continue to decline. The volume of the market slipped from $2.6 to $2.1 billion in the first quarter of the current year. Blu-ray and HD DVD are considered to be DVD's primary competitors. The formats still coexist, although experts say that Blu-ray discs will supersede DVDs already next year. In 2012, Blu-ray discs will concentrate 41 percent of global sales leaving only 21 percent to its predecessor. 0 SharePrint version Font Size Send to friendAccording to Digital Entertainment Group, the number of Blu-ray players in US homes increased to 27.5 million in 2010, i.e. by 62 percent vs. the previous year. However, physical discs already face a very serious competition - the Internet and digital content. It is not ruled out that Blu-ray discs and DVDs will soon become collectible merchandise, just like it happened to vinyl discs. The latter were ruling the world for as long as 50 years. In Russia, the production of vinyl records continued up to 1995. Vinyl discs were replaced with audio tapes, whereas the tapes were later replaced with CDs. Plastic discs destroyed another format - video tapes, or VHS. The VHS era extended for 12-14 years. The era of the DVD is expected to be shorter. The development of physical carriers began to decline with the invention of flexible or floppy disks. They came out of use many years ago, although the last flexible disk conveyor was stopped by Sony corporation only this year. "I believe DVD will gradually stop its existence. We already can witness a speedy development of various online video content services. Physical carriers will not be able to win this war. I think the format will die in two or three years. I, for example, always thought that Polaroid cameras would die, but I didn't expect it would happen so quickly. They still make film for cameras, and DVDs will most likely be produced as well, although in much smaller volumes. A DVD disc will become like a collectible item. There are still many of those who listen to vinyl records. They say that the sound on a vinyl record is much clearer. Maybe there will be those who will be saying that the quality of DVD recording is much higher than that of a flash drive," German Klimenko, the director of LiveInternet said" |
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on Jun 27, 2011 10:01:57 GMT -5
I think that dvd sales will continue to decline but will level off at some point and maintain for several more years, but I could be wrong.
Flash drive is just the USB thumb drive, I"ve only seen a few items sold on thumb drives, maybe it is more popular elsewhere.
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 10:17:55 GMT -5
...one reason DVDs (now BluRays) over took VHS, which over took Beta, which over took LaserDisks, is that it's more portable, reliable and convenient... if we can have the same service more efficiently thru USB drives, then it is just a matter of time... ...but I do not like keeping my library in the cloud... that bothers me... so I, for one, will remain a consumer for personal copies of mass media titles...  |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 27, 2011 10:30:55 GMT -5
They still have DVD's?
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 10:34:07 GMT -5
I hate DVDs and CD's. I LOVE my DVR!! ...well, DVR is basically the same thing as flash drives... it's just one big unit that houses the same storage capacity as a lot of little flash drives... we've got a TB external drive that should work with our BlueRay/DVD player... just haven't tried it out yet... that will be convenient, imo...  ...my complaint about a DVR is if it's thru a service... then it's not much different from the cloud...  |
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Jun 27, 2011 10:35:08 GMT -5
Looks like EVERYTHING will be on your smart phone soon, and techies will have brain implants...  |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 10:35:34 GMT -5
...Big Brother will know what I'm watching... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2011 10:46:21 GMT -5
DVD may be replaced but from what I've heard, Blue rays won't be the replacement. Blue ray sales have topped out & dropped. DVD's are still popular. I'll not buy into another craze until they have mostly stopped producing DVD's.
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Post by safeharbor37 on Jun 27, 2011 11:03:18 GMT -5
You got it! There goes our "privacy."
Cylindrical Records and the introduction of 78's were before my time, but I saw the introduction of 45's, 33's and 16 1/3's before the introduction of digital media about 30 years later. Well, it's been about 30 years since the introduction of CD's and such so I guess it's about time. I completed my collection of CD's just before I found that CD's weren't permanent like lacquer and vinyl records so if I want to save them, I'll have to transfer them to another medium or simply, periodically, rerecord them [assuming that devices are still available].
Anyway, as I get older, more things that happen remind me of my age and the fact that the older I get, the more I don't like change.
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Post by handyman2 on Jun 27, 2011 11:04:36 GMT -5
Just another the sky is falling story. If you have the patience buy up all you can get at yard sales and make some money selling them 10 years from now. They will be collectables then.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 27, 2011 11:10:40 GMT -5
DVDs are a pain in the butt. Every night, after we've gone to bed, they get up and change boxes. Assholes.
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Post by swamp on Jun 27, 2011 11:22:04 GMT -5
DVDs are a pain in the butt. Every night, after we've gone to bed, they get up and change boxes. Assholes. Mine leave their boxes and go hide. |
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Post by Shirina on Jun 27, 2011 11:25:18 GMT -5
I think this prediction is jumping the gun. Movies take up a rather large amount of disk space, so if you plan to actually keep movies instead of watching them once, a movie collection can quickly fill up several hard drives. In addition, unless you scour DVDs with sandpaper, they will last even if your player doesn't. However, a sudden hard drive crash can mean the loss of every piece of media you own. It would be the same thing as having all of your DVDs stop working when your player stops working.
Digital format is also very selective. For instance, Netflix does not offer its entire movie inventory for streaming - it presents you with a few choice options, but more often than not, the movie or show you specifically want won't be available.
There are still many advantages to owning DVDs, especially if you're a movie aficionado and not just someone who watches once and never again. I've yet to visit a home where the owner did not have a movie collection, meaning there is always going to be room for a hard copy of any digital media type.
I also dare say that digital movies just aren't as good in terms of quality - quite often they are known for pixelation especially in darker scenes, and they tend to soil the picture with 'artifacts' once in awhile.
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 11:35:18 GMT -5
You got it! There goes our "privacy." Cylindrical Records and the introduction of 78's were before my time, but I saw the introduction of 45's, 33's and 16 1/3's before the introduction of digital media about 30 years later. Well, it's been about 30 years since the introduction of CD's and such so I guess it's about time. I completed my collection of CD's just before I found that CD's weren't permanent like lacquer and vinyl records so if I want to save them, I'll have to transfer them to another medium or simply, periodically, rerecord them [assuming that devices are still available]. Anyway, as I get older, more things that happen remind me of my age and the fact that the older I get, the more I don't like change. ...I liked my 45s better than my 33s, because they weighed less and I had a handy-dandy tower caddy, with swivel handle that locked it, and then I could hand-carry it to friends'... also, we could buy the preferred singles, rather than the whole album... ...then the cassettes were easier than the 8tracks... and we got the wooden wall-mount shadow boxes to house our collections... so we started making mix tapes to carry to our friends... ...then the walkmans came, and the personal CD players, and on and on... ...the movies tech parade, as I mentioned earlier, started with our LaserDisks... ...so all the while, desired convenience in portability and reliability remain the name of the game... I, too, might decry the changes that effectually have made obsolete so many of my purchases throughout the years... ...I do like digital... but I still prefer my own copy of whatever... I like the books, disks, and tapes on my shelf... the Kindle is convenient, but it will never replace the staples of my library... Netflix is convenient, too, but will never replace the staples of my video collection... and so on... ...call me paranoid, but I don't want to feel "guilty" about openly picking up a copy of subversive material... or whatever is deemed subversive on that day, anyway... |
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Post by wyouser on Jun 27, 2011 12:23:48 GMT -5
You got it! There goes our "privacy." Cylindrical Records and the introduction of 78's were before my time, but I saw the introduction of 45's, 33's and 16 1/3's before the introduction of digital media about 30 years later. Well, it's been about 30 years since the introduction of CD's and such so I guess it's about time. I completed my collection of CD's just before I found that CD's weren't permanent like lacquer and vinyl records so if I want to save them, I'll have to transfer them to another medium or simply, periodically, rerecord them [assuming that devices are still available]. Anyway, as I get older, more things that happen remind me of my age and the fact that the older I get, the more I don't like change. ...I liked my 45s better than my 33s, because they weighed less and I had a handy-dandy tower caddy, with swivel handle that locked it, and then I could hand-carry it to friends'... also, we could buy the preferred singles, rather than the whole album... ...then the cassettes were easier than the 8tracks... and we got the wooden wall-mount shadow boxes to house our collections... so we started making mix tapes to carry to our friends... ...then the walkmans came, and the personal CD players, and on and on... ...the movies tech parade, as I mentioned earlier, started with our LaserDisks... ...so all the while, desired convenience in portability and reliability remain the name of the game... I, too, might decry the changes that effectually have made obsolete so many of my purchases throughout the years... ...I do like digital... but I still prefer my own copy of whatever... I like the books, disks, and tapes on my shelf... the Kindle is convenient, but it will never replace the staples of my library... Netflix is convenient, too, but will never replace the staples of my video collection... and so on... ...call me paranoid, but I don't want to feel "guilty" about openly picking up a copy of subversive material... or whatever is deemed subversive on that day, anyway...  |
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Post by reasonfreedom on Jun 27, 2011 13:19:36 GMT -5
They will fade away just like all of the other medias that were mentioned in this thread. Yeah, they might eventually become collectable but I highly doubt that big of one. All in all they are an extremely cheap form of media nobody is going to pay 500 for a dvd collectable when you can download it for free. I think eventually live streaming will take over all something similar to Netflix. It is also cheaper to buy a 1 TB hard drive than it is to buy dvds, comparing to dollar per gig calculation. If the economy stays stagnant or get worse, it will be cheaper for everybody to just get everything for free like the a lot of people do now. You can download movies and music for free, even movies that are playing in theaters. The only thing that might keep it somewhat alive are services like redbox. People can just go rent movies for $1 and copy them to a hard drive, why pay $15 to $20. Disclaimer: I am in no way suggesting anyone to use piracy, I am just pointing out that it is an easier/lazier way to do it and you know how much the people like the easy button.
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Post by jkapp on Jun 27, 2011 13:22:46 GMT -5
>>Last year, the sales of DVD and Blu-ray disks in the States dropped by 20 percent. According to NPD analysts, the sales of such disks decreased by ten percent over six months and continue to decline. The volume of the market slipped from $2.6 to $2.1 billion in the first quarter of the current year.<< That doesn't mean anything...what if it was just that last year had a lot of shitty movies.  |
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 27, 2011 13:23:26 GMT -5
Do you think as we get rid of so much specialized equipment and housing our vast CD collection, and our vast DVD collection, and everything will be on a computer and what not, that our houses can start getting smaller again?
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Post by jkapp on Jun 27, 2011 13:31:35 GMT -5
I also dare say that digital movies just aren't as good in terms of quality - quite often they are known for pixelation especially in darker scenes, and they tend to soil the picture with 'artifacts' once in awhile. I noticed that when I had a DVR as well...the movies I DVR'd were pixelated in the shadows (very annoying). Of course, it could have been that Time Warners equipment was just crap - in fact, I know it was which is why I got rid of it (the screen kept freezing or there would be a few seconds of black screen and only audio). But if that's what I can expect from digital movies, I'll keep my DVDs ;D Besides, what's cooler than having an entire wall of movies??? What else am I going to put on the wall - pictures of family? 
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 18:49:11 GMT -5
...I liked my 45s better than my 33s, because they weighed less and I had a handy-dandy tower caddy, with swivel handle that locked it, and then I could hand-carry it to friends'... also, we could buy the preferred singles, rather than the whole album... ...then the cassettes were easier than the 8tracks... and we got the wooden wall-mount shadow boxes to house our collections... so we started making mix tapes to carry to our friends... ...then the walkmans came, and the personal CD players, and on and on... ...the movies tech parade, as I mentioned earlier, started with our LaserDisks... ...so all the while, desired convenience in portability and reliability remain the name of the game... I, too, might decry the changes that effectually have made obsolete so many of my purchases throughout the years... ...I do like digital... but I still prefer my own copy of whatever... I like the books, disks, and tapes on my shelf... the Kindle is convenient, but it will never replace the staples of my library... Netflix is convenient, too, but will never replace the staples of my video collection... and so on... ...call me paranoid, but I don't want to feel "guilty" about openly picking up a copy of subversive material... or whatever is deemed subversive on that day, anyway... ...hooray!  ...now, where's my extra point?  |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 18:53:37 GMT -5
>>Last year, the sales of DVD and Blu-ray disks in the States dropped by 20 percent. According to NPD analysts, the sales of such disks decreased by ten percent over six months and continue to decline. The volume of the market slipped from $2.6 to $2.1 billion in the first quarter of the current year.<< That doesn't mean anything...what if it was just that last year had a lot of shitty movies.  |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 18:54:56 GMT -5
Do you think as we get rid of so much specialized equipment and housing our vast CD collection, and our vast DVD collection, and everything will be on a computer and what not, that our houses can start getting smaller again? ...it won't be the reduced video collections that trend square footage back down to "appropriate" range... imo... ;D |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jun 27, 2011 18:56:29 GMT -5
[/quote] Besides, what's cooler than having an entire wall of movies??? What else am I going to put on the wall - pictures of family? [/quote] ...Steeler stuff, of course... ;D |
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