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Monday, January 05, 2009


I've never been one to jump on 'bleeding edge' technology, especially when it comes to a media format, but I'm not going to cry when Blu-ray finally eat is.
One reason is that discs of all kinds may become obsolete as a new wave of digital media services starts to flow into the living room. On Monday, for example, the Korean television maker LG Electronics plans to announce a new line of high-definition televisions that connect directly to the Internet with no set-top box required. The televisions will be able to play movies and television shows from online video-on-demand services, including Netflix.

“The Blu-ray format is in jeopardy simply because the advent of downloadable HD movies is so close,” said Roger L. Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates. a research and consulting company. “Streaming video from the Internet and other means of direct digital delivery are going to put optical formats out of business entirely over the next few years.”
Streaming video from your wireless router isn't a thing of the future, and I just got half a terabyte hard drive for under $60. The shiny disks with the holes in the middle are numbered.



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