End Of DVDs and CDs In 5 Years

[GonzoStyle]

This won't happen soon because while people of the internet age like us know about downloading and burning, etc. You'd be amazed how many people still do not own a DVD player, as well as how many who do own a dvd player have no clue how to use it. The same people who never figured out how to set the time on their VCR's. They can barely work a remote where their main function is to play, rewind and stop. Most people fear technology and do not want to move on.

It will eventually happen in maybe 20 years or more when the cycle of life has erased these people but I still doubt it.

Something that blockbuster is doing to make life somewhat easier for people, as well as dealing with the still growing high numbers of theft in the store. They are almost done developing a single play DVD, it's actually gonna be out sometime next year.

The deal is that you rent the dvd, you pay for it like any other rental but you never have to return it, so you don't have to worry about due dates or rental fees. The info in the disc is still sketchy, it's either gonna be a single play disc which may suck cause you can only watch it once, if you miss something you can't track back. Or it will be a 72 hour format where after 72 hours from the first play the disc will erase or lock its contents. I think though the latter one is probably not gonna happen.

But what that does is, help the customer by not having them worry about return dates. Helps the corporation by lowering theft in the stores, also they will be able to downsize employees ofcourse cause dealing with returns takes up a large chunk of the day for employees.

So basically you will be able to go to block buster, get your dvd and never worry about returning it.