50... No but 40 year old tech, yes
I love my VHS and 4 track
Still watch beta tapes too
But then I am that die hard collector
I still have a DVD account with Netflix too
So you both missed and made my point. And btw flash is still physical media too!
While streaming is going to be everywhere physical media isn't going anywhere. I laugh every time someone posts somewhere about VHS being dead and yet I'm buying brand new releases on Amazon of 2015/2016/20xx films to this day
Yes we're way outside of the general mainstream but it's alive and doing quite well.
Another 50 years, well VCD may have died off by then (maybe) DVDs well be a niche market, bluray will be easily found, vhs will STILL be available though in very little quantity streaming will be in the back seat of automobiles or even the front if they drive themselves by then
Like my sega Saturn and U64 I adopted HVD and ch-DVD (now cbhd or ChinaBlue) before the hit us shores. Still play my Saturn as well.
I try everything and adopt what i like. I'm not alone
I mentioned flash sticks as something to store the movie on when using AnyDVD to copy it.
Not for studios to distribute it on, if that's what you thought I meant.
I don't see how I made your point and missed it...I think it's more that you may have misunderstood my point.
I'm mainly speaking of the movie studios that will eventually go to another form of movie availability to home customers.
Yes..you're a 'die-hard collector' ...as I said collectors and museums will always have the older tech-stuff...
It MUST be like that...it's how antiques are made.
Your enthusiasm for the tech itself, from its beginnings and all thru its lifespan, and beyond... keeps it safe for generations.
But you can't seriously expect the public to use old style disks forever, when Holographic Storage Drives will be ready for the market in 10 or so years.
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-eternal-5d-storage-history-humankind.html
Anyway..I do agree with you, but I'm talking about the movie studios, and what THEY will use.
I also have VHS shows recorded, but now can't find any of my VHS players that work.
I wish I transferred them to DVD or hard drive files before my VHS fancy machine died...!
I didn't say DVD or other media will go away quickly...but over time it will stop being used as the main home movie media
by the studios. People will still have their disk drive toys, but movies will eventually only be tightly controlled by streaming media outlets.
Certainly in the 50 years you mention. I just think it's more like 20 (or slightly sooner/later)
Maybe RedFox should consider
AnyStreamHD as a new possible product...haha.
But seriously, normal optical disks as we know them now will certainly change a lot, in 20 years and maybe also in as little as 10.
It's possible movie studios will just migrate to the newer ...but if they are worried about copies being made by people that even OWN the disks...you know they'll try to somehow stop the need for movies on existing media and eventually use streaming for delivery, or real-time viewing.