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Bill Gates Says DVDs Have No Future
"In an article published in the German mass-circulation daily Bild, Gates said DVD technology would be "obsolete in 10 years at the latest."
"He said the concept of carrying around film and music on little silver discs to stick them into a computer was ridiculous. He moaned that DVDs could get scratched or get lost."
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Phantasm66
on July 14, 2004 1:25 PM |
"He moaned that DVDs could get scratched or get lost."Get lost... what, like the release of XP Service pack 2? |
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Per Hansson
on July 14, 2004 1:32 PM |
Well, he is right, the DVD format is just crap... CD was great when it got introduced, offering an immense ammount of storage space.The same could not be said about DVD when it got introduced... Just a minor increase in storage capacity and that was it... |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 1:34 PM |
Well I'm not sure about minor...I mean maybe DVDs dont do much for storage but lets look atXbox, Ps2, DVD videos... I mean without DVDs none of these things wouldn't be possible. |
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Per Hansson
on July 14, 2004 1:45 PM |
nico1606; sure, DVD was an improvment, but such a small one that it will only last a couple of years...Compare that with how long the CD has lived!When the CD was introduced no-one had so large harddrives in their PC's!! |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 1:48 PM |
Ya good point.But do you think the CD was so popular because:A. It helped with storageB. It helped the music industry get away from 8tracks and 40s.I mean what will BIll have us all do..Throw out our DVD players? |
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Nic
on July 14, 2004 1:51 PM |
Maybe he's been mis-quoted again?I prefer DVDs to CDs, but it's a real pity that many movies fill more than a single DVD. I wonder what Bill regards as the replacement for DVDs. Maybe he knows something we don't? |
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Phantasm66
on July 14, 2004 1:52 PM |
I want to be able to copy like 500GB or something onto some kind of rod, or key. Maybe there should be a drive that takes arrays of these keys - like 8 way, 16 way, etc. Perhaps on flash memory. I think I read recently that that will get a lot cheaper.yeah, a data rod. That's the future. |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 1:53 PM |
Yea that was my next inquiry.I mean you can't just get rid of DVD's without replacing it with something.. Maybe those HDTV Tapes that I've read about...Personally I love DVDs as well.. More storage, better clarity and sound...what's not to love.It might not be extremely usefull on a PC (unless you watch DVDs on it) but I don't think the entertainment industry would agree with Billy. |
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---agissi---
on July 14, 2004 1:59 PM |
Ok then whats replacing DVDs.. |
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Julio
on July 14, 2004 2:04 PM |
DVDs were more of a evolutionary step than a revolutionary... practically were made to replace the CD as a higher-capacity media. I will have to agree that we will need something else in the coming years, now then of course Gates gets to be more radical, more than likely he knows better what future developments will be all about. |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 2:04 PM |
New Age Toaster Ovens. |
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Phantasm66
on July 14, 2004 2:05 PM |
[quote][i]Originally posted by ---agissi--- [/i]Ok then whats replacing DVDs.. [/quote] Don't you read other people's posts?[quote][i]Originally posted by Phantasm66 [/i]I want to be able to copy like 500GB or something onto some kind of rod, or key. Maybe there should be a drive that takes arrays of these keys - like 8 way, 16 way, etc. Perhaps on flash memory. I think I read recently that that will get a lot cheaper.yeah, a data rod. That's the future. [/quote] And I KNOW I am right about that, because its not my idea its been on Star Trek. So it MUST be true ;) |
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---agissi---
on July 14, 2004 2:13 PM |
Um actually yes phant, I did read that, but I dont think we'll have 500GB rods and keys. |
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Phantasm66
on July 14, 2004 2:21 PM |
What's your theory then....??(That's better that Star Trek's, which MUST be true ;) ) |
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Didou
on July 14, 2004 3:07 PM |
I'm having a hard time taking the person who said "640k of memory would suffice for everyone" seriously.I still don't have a DVD burner BTW. Someone feels like offering me one so I can make up my mind ? :D |
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Phantasm66
on July 14, 2004 3:08 PM |
Take it from me, they are pretty cool. |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 3:13 PM |
Hehe honestly I'm in the same boat as you Didou.No DVD Burner...hell I dont even have a dvd player in my one of my machines...because I don't need one.I know that might sound like I dont need DVDs....but I do...for other reasons other than for PCs. |
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Rick
on July 14, 2004 3:17 PM |
[b][size=large]Bill Gates is completely right.[/size][/b] I have thought optical & mechnical storage is a joke since its inception and I'm sure many others have too.While there are currently no other alternatives - [b]if[/b] there were - I am certain they would be adopted very quickly less the sake of compatibility.When (if) there comes a time when solid state storage is cheap enough, that would certainly be a suitable replacement. Perhaps a holographic medium using glass, plastic or inexpensive crystal would be a good replacement. |
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Didou
on July 14, 2004 3:18 PM |
Or maybe using human skin to store data (I don't think they took that patent out of spite ;) ).Fat people will have loads of storage space.:D |
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Rick
on July 14, 2004 3:24 PM |
[quote][i]Originally posted by Didou [/i]Fat people will have loads of storage space.:D [/quote] :D |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 3:24 PM |
What exactly do you mean by Solid State Storage?Like renting a van and storing all your crap in it? |
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BrownPaper
on July 14, 2004 4:48 PM |
Maybe Gates wants like a central "storage locker" that you can connect from any computer terminal. All of your most important information can be readily managed and spied upon by MS. Muhahahaha... Bill Gates is watching you. Lol. |
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EvilKernel
on July 14, 2004 6:23 PM |
Then again, this is the same man who once said noone will ever need more than 1 MB of memory on a personal computer. LOLI try not to take Bill very seriously. He is probably backing some other product or idea and this is how he plays. |
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acidosmosis
on July 14, 2004 6:54 PM |
In my business we use several small portable storage devices such as a small usb device no larger than 2 inches in length and about 1/2 an inch wide which we keep on our keyrings. Then we have a small portable drive almost an inch wide and 4-5 inches long which we use. These come in very handy for transferring customers data to new PC's, or carrying files such as documents around or other data.That is the future. Portability. A DVD requires a drive which is bulky at the moment and DVD's are much larger than the devices which I just mentioned.In the future everything will be portable. Even computers. |
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nico1606
on July 14, 2004 7:32 PM |
I thought computers were already portable..We call them labtops. |
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