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Broadband to Kill Off DVD?
Elteto writes "Just when we thought the DVD could not be any more ubiquitous, Serge Tchuruk at the Alcatel Forum in Paris announces that the days of the rapidly adopted medium are nearing their end. The increasing availability, affordability, and speed of broadband will contribute to a more efficient delivery method of media content. Will DVD join LaserDisc in obscurity?"
This is a tough one.
Hmm... no.
My UT2k4 copy is on DVD. Yes, you can buy it on 6 cds, but WHY? World of Warcraft is currently on 4 CDs, and there's no DVD version (the Collectors Edition shipped with 4 cds and a dvd) available.
:(
DVD is currently becoming the new cd 'standard' for sharing software. Families are distributing home movies on it at christmas (at least, ones I know are) and people are starting to backup to it. Heck, you can get Encarta or Wikipedia (soon) on DVD. The benefits of dvd for software are not going to go away just because you can download movies over broadband now (while almost half of the country still sits on dialup and with major broadband isps not looking to expand there...), so I am quite sure it'll stay around for some time.
Plus, there's those new DVD-Audio type things sound like they'd sound great, although I don't know if I'd notice the higher quality as much as the surround sound. I don't know (currently) of any software that could play them in my computer, either
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Because you are a dumb one too!
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