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Posted by Big Boy on 10/14/07 01:35
Tarkus wrote:
> Rich Billionaire wrote:
>> Read about holographic disks on Wikipedia. Right now they have 300
>> gigabyte holographic disks that they sell to TV stations for $120 each
>> and the burners cost $10,000. But in the future I think the prices
>> will come down enough for the consumer like everything else does in
>> electronics. They say the upper limit for holographic disks is 1.6
>> terrabytes.
>> So after everyone has a blue ray or HD-DVD player plush a bunch of
>> disks for those, I predict that they will put holographic disks on the
>> consumer market and we'll be expected to buy those things all over
>> again.
>
> Are they really doing that with HD discs? Seems to me they're pushing
> new releases far more than they're pushing replacing your existing
> catalog. Not that there isn't some of that too.
>
> But yeah, technology evolves and there will always be new formats. It's
> up to each consumer to decide if there is sufficient value in them.
> Unless you're opposed to capitalism, I see nothing wrong with that.
>
> They've yet to market a new format, for example, that renders existing
> VHS tapes inoperable. And neither HD format renders existing DVDs
> inoperable. IOW, if people are replacing their existing catalogs,
> they're doing so by choice.
I agree with you - up to a point. As you point out, they aren't
deliberately rendering old technology (e.g. VHS tapes) inoperable.
However, it is getting harder to find a VHS player. There are many
stores that don't bother carrying them, anymore. This trend will
continue until it will be almost impossible to find a VHS player -
thereby (effectively) rendering VHS useless. The same thing can be
expected to happen with DVD eventually, although (hopefully) not for
some years, yet.
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