There's a good chance that within the next few years or so if the industry keeps with the DVD-style media that they'll start to manufacture a next-gen hi-def disc which will be backward-compatible with Blu-Ray but not standard DVD.
On the same (sorta) topic: Things like copyrights and bandwidth and storage are an issue with the downloadable iPod-style movies. But when you think about it, exactly what do you get physically when you buy a DVD nowadays?
- A disc
- A plastic case
- A slip of paper which slips into the front sleeve of the plastic case
- And if the studio really hates your guts, you'll get a useless cardboard slipcover which serves no purpose rather than using up perfectly good paper which could have been used to print up a nice glossy insert (like in the good old days)
So that final pont notwithstanding, there's barely anything physical left to your actual DVD.
Give it 10 years or less, folks.
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