I never believe crap like that when they report it.
think of it, how many people have DSL or high speed internet access? There are alot of people with it, but alot of people dont. I dont, none of my friends do, my brother does, and maybe one of my uncles does, but of all my friends and family, that aint alot.
My parents live in a well-to-do part of colorado, multi million dollar homes withing walking distance of thier house, and they dont have acces to DSL. They dont expect to have it untill the latter half of 2006.
Its like the gaming community, Xbox and PS2 are working thier butts off on this Xbox Live and Plasystation online stuff. I dont have it, i know alot of people dont have access to high speed internet. Im not going to rush out and get it, and if these systems end up a strictly on-line product like they are planning, they will lose alot of customers. I prefer to play my xbox without the online hoop-la
Cd's will be around for a long while, so will DVD's. Most consumers are more comfortable with buying a product that you can take home and physically posess, not a product that is more along the lines of a concept that requires a certain connection to some network.
Im totally against that entire push.
not to mention, alot of people do the streaming because it is convenient. Tell those same people that they will no longer be able to buy DVD's and will ONLY be able to stream them, and you are gonna get one angry group of consumers, because even they recognise the drop in quality.
Predictions like that sure do get read alot though.
The people in the country who can not only afford the equipment to do so, but also afford the service are not exactly the majority of the consumer market, and in fact, are more of a small niche market.
Unless the quality of the service outpreforms the quality of the hardcopies, and the price of all related equipment plus the service is cheaper than a $150.00 TV, and a $100 player, then it aint happening.
You also have to consider, in denver, with one of the biggest tech centers, home to many massive cable and phone companys, less than 1/2 have access to this stuff. These netorks are expencive to create, and very expencive to maintain, aand with the economy the way it is... the economy better pick up if they want the majorty of consumers to have the capability for it. These networks are just too expencive to create. I work for a major company maintaining thier T1s, T3s, and such, and this company survived the telecom collapse. Spending in the remaining companys is too reserved and the customer base to expand is not enough to justify that type of expanse. There really is not much money in DSL, not for the price of the maintainenance to keep the network running.
not everyone with a dvd player can afford such service, and i think there is a higher chance of having houses built with PLASMA walls that respond to voice command. HAHAHAHAHA
just one of those articals of "Gee, look how in touchw e are with the consumer market, everything is reaching the future, no more hardcopies"
BAH!
