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Posted by DH on 07/14/06 10:56
Sla#s wrote:
> For the last sixty years manufacturers have been selling us a new media
> format approximately every ten years - 78s, LPs, Cassettes, CDs, Videos,
> DVDs and now HDDVD & Blueray.
> But has this merry-go-round come to an end? What can they sell us next
> after we will all start downloading media off the net. The cash cow that
> kept the giants of the media industry in coke and champagne will be dead.
> iTunes has changed the music industry, what will iFlicks (TM) do when it
> inevitably arrives?
>
> Slatts
That's a variation of Bell's Law innit ?
And, if it is, it won't stop. It will just keep going, until we get the inevitably
scifi-esque direct to brain whole body experience implants (yeah, right).
Or will monetary society break down due to the world revolution, just like in Star
Trek, no greed, no selfishness, no money ? Everyone living in peace and harmony ?
Nah, they just invent a new higher definition format and fleece up same as usual.
Scuse my blathering, I'm not in a good mood today.
DH
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