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If DVD Is Dead, What's Next?
uglysad writes "The Age has a piece discussing the fact that, from the home entertainment industry's standpoint, the DVD is dead. So what is next? From the article 'It will come as a shock to film fans who have spent their Christmases stocking up on their movie collections, but the technology industry is in agreement: the DVD is dead. Consumer electronics companies have begun to show off what they believe will be the next generation of home video technologies. But despite the common belief that the DVD is history, the industry is split over what the next step should be.'"
When Stephen Job announced his "I-Minor" McIntosh last year, it really caught my eye. Wanting to buy or build a small computer for my already cramped breakfast bar, I started pricing out similar hardware. The results startled me. Most of the configurations I found cost more than the humble US$499 of the "I-Minor", often much more. To match price with MAC I had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case.
So here's my question. What computers are currently on the market to compete with this? When my wife asks for the "cute little I-Minor McIntosh with dotMax Tigger OS® that MAC just invented", what PC can I buy instead?
Welcome to hell, have a beer.
And so is bsd right?
Is that storage media? I thought it was an OS. Isn't it part of Apple OS X?
Admit it: you fucked up. Big time. There was a huge difference between Bush and Gore. Voting for Nader was a vote for Bush. You just didn't have the courage to accept the ugly reality of politics in 2000 because as an over-read liberal, you wanted your candidate and your party to be more authentic than the plastic show that made you gag. You were too pampered and vain to lower yourself to vote for Gore, and you're the reason why America is in the shit-hole it's in today.
If DVD is dead... how will the theatre ever catch up? They are still using reels!!!
The Hard-Disk! It's HD, too.
i still have a working betamax with a ton of tapes, several VHS machines with more tons of tapes, a nice cassette deck that once served to keep my vehicles' tape players fed, a first gen x-box with an assortment of games, a coupla ancient pentium boxes (90 and 166 Mhz) still in use, three analog NTSC tvs (one tv is an "almost too big for the room" rear projection set), a turntable and vinyl records, and a five disk DVD player with an increasing number of discs. i still use the first stereo i ever bought from the early 70s (marantz 1030 amp and 105 tuner) for my desktop's sound. THE NEXT THING deally cycle is getting way out of hand. i'll run out of money or a place to put it if this shit keeps up...
Serenity now, insanity later.