Blu-ray Is Healthy, But Will Have Short(er) Lifespan

Pooch Doggy Dog here!  

Good article from Wired below regarding Blu-Ray and the future of video viewing.  An interesting point is that the lifetime of Blu-Ray is much more limited than the initial adoption of the DVD format.  They believe this is the case because the real-time online streaming of videos is the real future, and that the transfer of video info via disk will no longer be the dominant mode of transfer in the future.

Here's an interesting sentence from the article...

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.   Read more...

Poocher back.  I use Netflix myself, but haven't opted for the set top box used for real-time streaming, even though it is cheap.  I'm doing fine with the mailing of disks, preferring this to streaming because the set-top box and real-time streaming by Netflix doesn't include their entire catalog.  But, when Netflix provides all their catalog via streaming video, well then I'm on board.

And, it doesn't seem like that day is too far off.

Poocher.

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