DVD dead!

Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.

Walter Traprock

Walter Traprock wrote:

> Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
> system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
> kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
> DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
> hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
> protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.

Oh, well, guess you won't be posting here anymore, then...

(...WELL <clap!>: Who's for goin' out and getting some Chinese food?)

Derek Janssen (that was easy)

Derek Janssen

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
<> wrote:

>Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
>system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
>kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
>DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
>hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
>protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.


CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.

DVD's Killed Laser Disc's.

DVD's are about to finish off prerecorded VHS:


NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest
retailer, plans to follow the lead of other big electronics sellers
and exit the VHS business by early 2006, according to a report Sunday.

VHS tapes will still be available through the 2005 holiday season, but
will disappear from Wal-Mart (Research) shelves sometime soon after
February, said the Hollywood Reporter, citing industry sources
familiar with the matter.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/13/news...0/walmart_vhs/






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because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

Allan

In article <>,
Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb .org> wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
> <> wrote:
>
> >Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
> >system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
> >kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
> >DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
> >hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
> >protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.
>
>
> CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.

Major hole in your timeline here. DVD-A/SACD failed to kill CD. As far
as audio formats goes, the train has stopped at CDs. The same could very
likely apply to DVDs for the video world.

> DVD's Killed Laser Disc's.
>
> DVD's are about to finish off prerecorded VHS:

Haha. So using this argument, Blu-Ray/HD-DVD won't finish off DVD until
another format comes along to replace Blu-Ray or HD-DVD! That's great
news Allan! Whoohoo!

> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

Black Locust

In article <>,
Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb .org> wrote:

> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest
> retailer, plans to follow the lead of other big electronics sellers
> and exit the VHS business by early 2006, according to a report Sunday.
>
> VHS tapes will still be available through the 2005 holiday season, but
> will disappear from Wal-Mart (Research) shelves sometime soon after
> February, said the Hollywood Reporter, citing industry sources
> familiar with the matter.
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/13/news...0/walmart_vhs/

BTW, Wal-Mart denied this report and CNN retracted their claim the
following day. Looks like the tired, old VHS format is gonna chug along
in Wally World for another year...

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/14/news...t_vhs/?cnn=yes

> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

Black Locust

Allan wrote on [Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:35:51 -0500]:
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
> <> wrote:
>
>>Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
>>system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
>>kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
>>DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
>>hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
>>protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.
>
>
> CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.

CD's what killed LP's what?

> DVD's Killed Laser Disc's.

DVD's what killed LaserDisc's what?

> DVD's are about to finish off prerecorded VHS:

DVD's what are about to do what?

Justin

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:50:22 -0600, Black Locust <>
wrote:

>In article <>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb .org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:03:29 -0800, Walter Traprock
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> >Yep, DVD is dead. When they announced that they were developing a NEW
>> >system, DVD became dead. Everything newer is better. Cutting edge
>> >kills the standard. BEYOND cutting edge is so obviously better, that
>> >DVD has been rendered useless. I've thrown all my DVDs in the trash. I
>> >hope the NEW system has better copy protection, because I want MY copies
>> >protected. dvd, you see, is now dead.
>>
>>
>> CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.
>
>Major hole in your timeline here. DVD-A/SACD failed to kill CD.

Well I didn't mention DVD-A no SACD.

>As far as audio formats goes, the train has stopped at CDs. The same could very
>likely apply to DVDs for the video world.

The train is actually heading the opposite direction with Audio....
Does that mean everyone with using their IPOD's to watch the latest
Blockbuster? My gut says no.


>> DVD's Killed Laser Disc's.
>>
>> DVD's are about to finish off prerecorded VHS:
>
>Haha. So using this argument, Blu-Ray/HD-DVD won't finish off DVD until
>another format comes along to replace Blu-Ray or HD-DVD! That's great
>news Allan! Whoohoo!

?? Not quite sure what you mean. The VHS market and Laser market
were quite different... and DVD killed them both.






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

Allan

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:00:54 -0600, Black Locust <>
wrote:

>In article <>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb .org> wrote:
>
>> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest
>> retailer, plans to follow the lead of other big electronics sellers
>> and exit the VHS business by early 2006, according to a report Sunday.
>>
>> VHS tapes will still be available through the 2005 holiday season, but
>> will disappear from Wal-Mart (Research) shelves sometime soon after
>> February, said the Hollywood Reporter, citing industry sources
>> familiar with the matter.
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/13/news...0/walmart_vhs/
>
>BTW, Wal-Mart denied this report and CNN retracted their claim the
>following day. Looks like the tired, old VHS format is gonna chug along
>in Wally World for another year...
>
>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/14/news...t_vhs/?cnn=yes


""DVDs are certainly the lion's share of our business," says Randy
Hargrove, a spokesperson for Blockbuster Inc. Latest News about
Blockbuster "For the first nine months of this year, VHS only
accounted for 4.7 percent of our sales; "

I'm amazed it is that high.






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

Allan

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:35:24 GMT, Justin <> wrote:

>
>> CD's killed Cassettes/LP's.
>
>CD's what killed LP's what?
>
>> DVD's Killed Laser Disc's.
>
>DVD's what killed LaserDisc's what?
>
>> DVD's are about to finish off prerecorded VHS:
>
>DVD's what are about to do what?


What?






"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

Allan

In article <>,
Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb .org> wrote:

> Well I didn't mention DVD-A no SACD.

You're ignoring the issue. My point was, a new format doesn't
automatically equal success. There have been numerous audio/video
formats over the years that were history before they even had the chance
to get going. Remember Philips Video 2000 videcassette format? Which
BTW, was superior to both Betamax and VHS, but it didn't mean a damn
thing to the average consumer. It was pratically dead on arrival.

> The train is actually heading the opposite direction with Audio....
> Does that mean everyone with using their IPOD's to watch the latest
> Blockbuster? My gut says no.

It's expected that by 2010 internet bandwidth will have reached the
levels where it will be possible to download an entire movie in roughly
3 minutes time. So who's to say video isn't going to go down the same
path as audio? I could quite easily see standard DVD continuing to be
the format of choice until 2010 or so. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD could end up
being nothing more than blips on the radar(much like the aforementioned
Video 2000). I'm not saying this will be the case, but it's a definite
possibily.

> ?? Not quite sure what you mean. The VHS market and Laser market
> were quite different... and DVD killed them both.

What's so difficult to understand? You were saying that only now is DVD
finally doing VHS in for good. So that means VHS is dying only a mere 4
or 5 months before the launch of Blu-Ray, ASSUMING IT DOES INFACT LAUNCH
NEXT SPRING. Using that analogy, DVD won't be completely done in until a
format comes along to replace Blu-Ray(or HD-DVD)! No need to worry about
DVD dying anytime soon if we're using this argument.

Not to mention Joe Sixpack's favorite super store is apparently going to
keep VHSuck around even after Blu-Ray has launched... But I guess it
shouldn't be a surpise that Wal-Mart would be the one game in town to
keep beating a dead horse.

> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
> time."
> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

Black Locust