Next Generation DVD

[youthinksoo]

With the next generation on DVD among us next year Blu-Ray and HD DVD coming out how long do you guys think dvds will still be around. Do you think they will stop making them completely? Even when HD DVD and Blu-Ray becomes standard? I just think this whole next geneartion is gonna be a big mess. Some movies only coming to Blu-Ray some only to HD DVD because of film studios not signing to both. People will most likely be forced to buy both kind of players. Tons of advanced encryption. Not readable on computers. I worry about the future.

[techreactor]

I think it will take time initially but as the cost of production for these new HD-DVD/Blu ray comes down and as more ppl adapt to the hardware required to view them, the DVD will die out.

Same as with CD to DVD.

[soup]

Just remember how long ago they said vinyl would die now admittedly they no longer make them but they still sell record players.There's a whole pile of people out there with vhs & vcr's that might never buy a dvd or dvd player.If you put a product on the market obviously you want to sell it and I don't think initially the majority of people are going to be able to afford these products unless they come out at a really decent price.Then it will take time for the companies to decide the majority of people are not buying.It will take a while technology is great but unless the masses can afford it you end up like Sony & beta.

[LT. Columbo]

dvd-5 is fine by me. don't think i'll ever go to blu-ray or HD dvd.

[Derree]

I'm with you Lt........I say if it ain't broke don't fix it and really dvd-5 is just fine right now..I don't see a need to go forward yet...not until we can get holographic projectors in the living room

[LT. Columbo]

yeah, for a guy like me it's a bloody miracle i went from tape to dvd. i'm suprised, it's because it was so cheap and the benefits of a disc compared to a tape.

[Derree]

I remember wanting a dvd player for the longest time but the ex wife kept saying no...as soon as she was gone my first buy was the 5.1 system and a 27" flat screen..never been happier lol and now that I have the new Mrs accepting the fact that widescreen is better then full screen!

[LT. Columbo]

ohhh i despise full screen. can't stand it. i actually climbed one notch into the hi-tech world and sprung for a new 20" t.v last weekend. it's a real nice diamond vision low-def, round screen t.v. 99.95 at walmart. i even have a bloody remote now that works, and rca's on the t.v. no need for that pesky RF modulator anymore!

[bigmacnc]

Read that the next version of windows will not support our current drives. Too bad that some people will shell out the big bucks encouraging them to change formats of our current DVDs. If people do not buy te new stuff, they will keep supporting what we will buy.

[Derree]

Wow you are becoming a high tech machine now Lt and the fullscreen vs Widescreen thing is such an issue with me The Mrs and her mom and her sister and the best friend all want full screen and give me the 'i want the whole picture' argument...now matter how many times I tell them that they are losing picture with full screen...sigh...oh well at least in my house we only get widescreen..can't change the world I guess...

[youthinksoo]

yeah I agree, DVD-5 is just fine I would never switch. But my concern was that they would stop putting movies on DVD, and only put them on the HD DVD and Blu Ray. Like they don't put music on vynil anymore.

[soup]

LT I am totally proud of you but how are you going to get any excercise now that you have a remote.

[LT. Columbo]

Wow you are becoming a high tech machine now Lt and the fullscreen vs Widescreen thing is such an issue with me The Mrs and her mom and her sister and the best friend all want full screen and give me the 'i want the whole picture' argument...now matter how many times I tell them that they are losing picture with full screen...sigh...oh well at least in my house we only get widescreen..can't change the world I guess...

LT I am totally proud of you but how are you going to get any excercise now that you have a remote.

thanx fellas, anybody who won't watch widescreen at my place gets sent home. i just wish the mother in law would demand full screen @soup i guess i'll have to smoke twice as many cigars, bout all i can think of

[splean]

Just remember how long ago they said vinyl would die now admittedly they no longer make them but they still sell record players.There's a whole pile of people out there with vhs & vcr's that might never buy a dvd or dvd player.If you put a product on the market obviously you want to sell it and I don't think initially the majority of people are going to be able to afford these products unless they come out at a really decent price.Then it will take time for the companies to decide the majority of people are not buying.It will take a while technology is great but unless the masses can afford it you end up like Sony & beta.

vinyl's are still made, mainly for dj's
as for the next generation.. i dont see a point to it.. dvd's are just fine

[drfsupercenter]

I can't believe how my sister actually likes fullscreen. Of course I always buy her the widescreen stuff as gifts so that I can watch them too If we have a fullscreen movie, I rent the widescreen and copy it... (I think that is legal)