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10 Failed Technology Trends of 2005

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-tries dept.

mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech's Loyd Case muses on ten trends of 2005 that never panned out. He points the finger at analysts like himself for waxing glowy-eyed at technologies like the BTX form factor and the 64-bit version of Windows XP. On DRM and the Sony rootkit fiasco: 'Hint to the music publishers: It's not going to work. There have been easy workarounds to every system that's been tried, and the more stringent the copy protection, the greater the risk of having angry customers who won't buy CDs. I suggest you start investigating new business models, as the old ones ride off into the sunset.'"

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  1. Save yourself the trouble... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the list:

    •      The BTX Form Factor
    •      High-Definition Video on the PC
    •      High Fidelity Digital Audio
    •      Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
    •      High Definition Optical Drives
    •      Copy Protection for Music CDs
    •      iPod Competitors Emerge
    •      The Digital Home
    •      Google's Gmail Service
    •      Dual Graphics Cards

  2. No lossless? by outZider · · Score: 5, Informative

    He makes a jab at the iPod by talking about how larger capacity players add video capability, while ignoring fidelity by not offering lossless. While it isn't the longer-running FLAC format, the iPod does support Apple Lossless, which is just an extension of the standard MPEG4 Lossless Audio format. It works great, and my iPod Video certainly doesn't have a problem playing those as well. :P

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    - oZ
    // i am here.
  3. Re:Multiple Standards for DVD by georgewilliamherbert · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you RTFA a bit more carefully you'd notice that they contrast DVD (the ROM format) with the various DVD writeable formats, pointing out that DVD ROMs caught on with now nearly 100% market penetration (prerecorded VHS delinda est), but instead of DVD writeables killing off VHS for recording, Tivo did. And basically because of too many DVD writeable formats.

    The original CD (ROM), and original DVD (ROM), were both excellent, universal, and well liked formats.

    What happened with the writables in the DVD space is an object lesson. Unfortunately, one now being emulated by the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray folks.