so how long does DVD have until it dies the way VHS did? (as far as stores not carrying tapes anymore or stores not sell
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Speed_Daemon — 9 years ago(June 28, 2016 03:48 PM)
There's another angle that just came to me. Every once in a while the fact that US nuclear launch computers are not network connected ("air-gapped" is a popular if silly term in popular usage) and use old-fashioned floppy disks to store their machine code on. The uninformed usually make a joke of it, but the fact is that it's a proven technology that's been completely debugged, and not modernizing is done on purpose for security.
I'd wager that the DVD will find a similar niche. As with old floppy disks, the DVD is advanced enough to be reliable, but not so advanced as to introduce any security problems. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the the US DoD and other state security agencies worldwide have already purchased DVD pressing (not just a WORM drive) facilities to use for archiving and moving data that's too sensitive to send over cables. It makes sense, after all the DoD makes its own floppy disk media now. -
Woodyanders — 5 years ago(November 24, 2020 09:33 PM)
I keep finding all kinds of films on DVD for just a buck at Dollar Tree, so the format has definitely been relegated to the sidelines at this point in time.
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476ee2aae0585c9553e5b457671330a2 — 5 years ago(December 02, 2020 08:50 PM)
People are lazy now. No one wants to pop in a disc or go thru the menus and settings.
Even I hate it when I have to endure 5 locked movie trailers or these long FBI warning logo just to access to the film itself on the disc.