How long until video hardware is obsolete?
November 3, 2009 by Robin Parrish
Filed under Electronics
VHS has gone the way of the dinosaur. DVD is on its way out. Blu-ray is the flavor of the month, but how long will that month last?
Netflix and iTunes already offer streaming movie rentals to computers and game consoles, and more and more DVD and Blu-ray players are coming equipped with the ability to stream video from online services. Today, Best Buy announced that it’s adding CinemaNow’s DVD streaming service to “every Web-connected device” the retail chain sells.
So I have to ask the inevitable question: How long will it be until physical media goes away forever, in favor of …read more
