Whole Network Most Recent TOP10 Apple Industry Legal People

 

CD & DVDs Will (Sort Of) Survive

Filed in archive Commentary , Society & Public Policy by Marc on October 18, 2006

CD & DVDs Will (Sort Of) Survive
Business 2.0 came out with "DVDs: They will survive." It is a PR piece in disguise for the Sonic Solutions and Macrovision deal it covers. There is no mention about all the problems and consumer rejectionlinks of DRM, and that a prime reason for long DVD life is the slow development of authorized digital services due to glacial licensing by the entertainment industry.

Writer Chris Taylor writes there is no way to burn a digital download to DVD. Wrong. Check out CinemaNow.

The article certainly is right in that the huge amount of data, especially with HD DVD, will make a digital download of comparable resolution take too long for most consumers. I've covered that in previous commentary.

Taylor writes about DVDs, "Bottom line: contrary to popular perception, they're not going the way of the 8-track and the audio cassette." Wrong again.

Other media formats were supplanted by newer media. The same WILL happen with DVDs. Now the discs may look the same and old DVD discs may be able to be read by next generation players. But DVDs will become dinosaurs. Whether it's HD DVD, BluRay, or a newer format, the DVDs and players of today WILL eventually replaced. The huge number of players, over 1 billion, means it will take a long time to upgrade or convert the large installed base. But long means only 10-15 years.


Advertisement




Permalink: CD & DVDs Will (Sort Of) Survive
Tags: dvd  survival  digital  dvds  music  sort+survive  digital+music  music+future 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/39506



Advertisement


Advertisement


RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Googlegoogle   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo!yahoo
AddthisAddThis Feed Button
BloglinesBloglines
Newsletter

Use our search feature to look for other interesting posts

Just this blog Whole network
 
  • Advertise with us

  • Learn more about our advertising options or email advertising - at - creative-weblogging.com or give Luis a call at +1 (650) 331 8047.


  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network







 
Tagcloud: Analysis Apple Artists Blog Business Commentary Community Companies Consumer Rights DRM Education Events Finance Fun Games Government Industry Innovation International Internet Legal Major Labels Marketing MP3 Players Music New Blog Features People Phones Podcasting Privacy & Security Radio Retail RIAA, IFPI Society & Public Policy Software Sponsored Post Stats Technology User Rights Video Wireless