DVD killed the video star

Well it’s not as catchy as “Video killed the radio star”, but you get the point. Yes that is right VHS will now only be seen in the museum or your grandparents house. Studios have stated something which many of us all already could see happening. They will no longer be producing VHS versions of their films.

I’m too young to remember the VHS phenomenon, when people where able to record TV programs for later viewing. My generation don’t even think twice about pausing a DVD, but imagine when this was first available with VHS.

Although VHS has been pushed aside by DVD after 30 years, DVD has it’s own rivals at just 10 years of age.
With digital technology moving at such a rapid rate we have now seen HD-DVD and Blu-Ray move into the disc media market. Is there a chance that these could soon be the media of choice, or could people move away from the disc media all together, relying on hard drives? Could we use our set top boxes, on demand technology or the internet and computers for our media storage?

The article listed below has an interesting timeline for the life of VHS.

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Hollywood pulls the plug on VHS releases, and it’s the end of a pop-culture era
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070401-9999-lz1a01vhs.html
(This article has an interesting timeline for the life of VHS)

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070401-9999-lz1a01tech.html