Posted by campu2.net on 10/14/05 01:56

Rich wrote:
> Remember 8 track? Cassette killed it. How long did it take?
> Vinyl was killed (vinylfiles need not respond) by CD in about
> four years.
> VHS was killed by DVD in the space of 4-5 years.
> So, once Blu-HD-Ray-DVD is released, how long will
> DVD persist? My guess is (owing to the numbers of DVD
> machines, the acceptability of the format and the precarious
> nature of the blu-ray, HD-DVD war, DVD should last another
> 8-10 years once the other two get released.
> -Rich

I assume that the HD players will still play regular DVDs.
(Just as DVD players play CDs).If this is the case,
standard DVDs should be around for many years.

I've replaced most of my VHS tapes with DVD. I don't plan
on replacing my DVDs with HD. Atleast, not in the near future.

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