We were big DVD collectors for a time. When I say big, I mean we'd buy one or two per month. We would never rent them. Still don't. That practice has ceased due to economics and convenience. We've not only stopped buying them, we've stopped watching them except for the occasional music/concert DVD. The DVR has pretty much become our favored way to watch ANYTHING. It is infinitely more convenient. You can stop a movie any time and resume a month later right where you left off. You can keep it recorded as long as you like and it never gathers dust. My only concern with our DVR right now is storage. They just don't store enough content. I am certain that concern is being addressed with the next generation DVR as I type. It's just like a computer in some ways. Even though you can store files offline on a CD or DVD, you'd rather have them on your hard drive available to you any time. I don't think the future is all that bright for DVD sales or rentals any more.
65 days until football season ...
Quote of the Day
Nothing wrong with college baseball, especially at the level LSU plays.
Dave E, Fish Fear Me
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "A friend of mine once suggested a movie's greatness can be measured by how much you think about it after seeing it, along with the way it lingers in your memory over time."
Slow quote day? :)
I think you're right about the CD and DVD mediums. There does need to be some storage and transfer medium to replace them though, if just for backup for all of the files on a beefed up DVR or computer. I think there's a good chance that will end up being a web accessible vault service somewhere though, and not an actual user owned device.
I had written a little blurb about why that quote came to mind yesterday. I got up for some coffee and looked at it again when I came back and it just made no sense so I deleted it. The three readers here are better for it.
"web accessible vault service"
Welcome to the future, Dave. That's already here in its infant stages. DirecTV calls it "Video on Demand". I haven't delved into it yet because their library seems to be somewhat limited. I'm OK with what I've got for now but I may look into that more seriously one day down the road. It intrigues me.