What Comes After DVD's?

[Ghostface]

I am in the process of building up my (largely horror) DVD collection over the past several months. The question that I have is what happens when DVD's go the way of VHS tapes? Or will DVD's ever go "out"? I'm only asking this because it's kinda depressing to spend all this money on DVD's and then need to replace them in a new medium in five years...

[kpropain]

Guess we'll have to wait and find out...But I feel like dvd's will be around for at least a while anyway, I'm like you though, my dvd collection is around 1700 or so now...

[monalisa]

Well, VHS was around for quite a while. So just enjoy your current collecting habits and don't worry about it! :)

Now, Beta, that's another story.

[cheebacheeba]

What Comes After DVD's?
People that watch porn...although, sometimes during.

[mothermold]

Originally posted by Ghostface
I am in the process of building up my (largely horror) DVD collection over the past several months. The question that I have is what happens when DVD's go the way of VHS tapes? Or will DVD's ever go "out"? I'm only asking this because it's kinda depressing to spend all this money on DVD's and then need to replace them in a new medium in five years...

You know I've pondered the same thing...probably anyone that collects dvd's has and I've concluded "F@#k it".

I mean why bother there's always going to be a "latest and greatest" and at this point I've invested hundreds of dollars in my dvd collection(forget vhs)and I'm not about to trade them in and begin anew.

I should think the next logical progression in home viewing entertainment would be something on the order of a hologram or virtual reality(like Minority Report) on a disc or cube er something.

[lovecraft]

Well, now it seems DVD's are splitting into 2 formats; HD DVD and Blue ray. Does this mean we will have to update our collections? I don't know yet. I haven't looked into it yet but another war is on the horizon.

[The_Return]

Rumour had it that the HD-DVD and Bluray players will be backward compatible with normal DVD's, so I really dont care. I'll keep buying DVDs until HD or Bluray takes over, then I'll just get a good machine for those. Case closed.

[Yellow Jacket]

It doesn't really matter to me if they go away or not shortly (or, as the looks of it, get upgraded). I'm still (and always will) collecting both DVD's and VHS's. As long as I got the movie I wanted, then I'm happy.

[PR3SSUR3]

Hats off to the last poster.


With some film buffs, it seems the format and presentation of the movie is the most important factor. Style over substance - gimme extras and special edition rerereleases!

Most of my films are on VHS - rather than upgrade to DVD (:O), I'd rather buy new films with the money. New experiences - not the same old ones repackaged to be hip.

The industry is heading tapeless, where films will be saved to memory (computer that is, not human - that's a few hundred years down the line. Don't worry I've been there).

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
Hats off to the last poster.


With some film buffs, it seems the format and presentation of the movie is the most important factor. Style over substance - gimme extras and special edition rerereleases!

Most of my films are on VHS - rather than upgrade to DVD (:O), I'd rather buy new films with the money. New experiences - not the same old ones repackaged to be hip.

The industry is heading tapeless, where films will be saved to memory (computer that is, not human - that's a few hundred years down the line. Don't worry I've been there).

Most of my movie collection is consisted of VHS tapes too. I too don't care about the special features or rereleases and what not. I mean, if I have a DVD (which I do), I'll eventually watch the special features when I find the time. But, it's not a rushing matter for me. Hell, most of the time the special features suck anyway! I'm in it for the movie, and the movie only!

[cheebacheeba]

The problem with having older films in your collection this time is, every dvd player I've EVER had has broken down in record time compared to the old, comparatively much sturdier built VHS machines. So...what to play the films on when your old machine breaks, and there's only new machines on sale?
I think backwards compatability will be the selling point for me when looking for an upgraded system. Either that, or provide the technology to duplicate dvds onto whatever the new format is...of course, this would be seen as a piracy nightmare, so I assume you'd have to get this done at someplace liscenced to do so. I would probably agree to pay $5 per "upgraded" disk...guess it'd help sort out which ones you REALLY wanted to keep.
Eh, why am I contemplating this...? It's like whatever happens we're probably going to get screwed over.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
The problem with having older films in your collection this time is, every dvd player I've EVER had has broken down in record time compared to the old, comparatively much sturdier built VHS machines. So...what to play the films on when your old machine breaks, and there's only new machines on sale?
I think backwards compatability will be the selling point for me when looking for an upgraded system. Either that, or provide the technology to duplicate dvds onto whatever the new format is...of course, this would be seen as a piracy nightmare, so I assume you'd have to get this done at someplace liscenced to do so. I would probably agree to pay $5 per "upgraded" disk...guess it'd help sort out which ones you REALLY wanted to keep.
Eh, why am I contemplating this...? It's like whatever happens we're probably going to get screwed over.

That's the business world for you. They don't care what happens to your system, as long as you paid them your hard-earned cash. Like I said, as long as I've got the movie I want, then I'm happy.

[Kemal]

I think TV and computers are going to become integrated until they are essentially one and the same. You'll just save your movies onto a hard drive, or to something like those key-sized flash drives.