I don't give it much of a chance of lasting, but neither will DVD. First of all, their contention that the size of a file will keep it from being traded over the internet is ludricus. Bandwidth and storage will keep getting bigger and cheaper exponentially. It has since the days of 300 baud modems and BBS file sharing. Also, people are lazy. They're tired of moving their fat butts off the sofa to the video store. In the very near future, people will download that flick, have $2.99 added to their DirecTv bill, and get some Hagen Das before it starts. Actually carrying movies or music in your hands is dying. D-VHS is just life support.
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I don't give it much of a chance of lasting, but neither will DVD. First of all, their contention that the size of a file will keep it from being traded over the internet is ludricus. Bandwidth and storage will keep getting bigger and cheaper exponentially. It has since the days of 300 baud modems and BBS file sharing. Also, people are lazy. They're tired of moving their fat butts off the sofa to the video store. In the very near future, people will download that flick, have $2.99 added to their DirecTv bill, and get some Hagen Das before it starts. Actually carrying movies or music in your hands is dying. D-VHS is just life support.