DVD Going the way of VHS

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Hammer, with new PCs and new TVs, you can run an HDMI connection right to the TV and watch it full screen HD just like a disc. Microsoft and Apple both has suggested different ways to get the point of a "PC next to every TV, an integrated part of any home entertainment system". It's coming, it won't be all that long, as PC prices continue to drop down to the level of a good toaster oven.

Sure, but how many people are going to do that when they can buy or rent a DVD? At this point I believe the majority of people using the Internet are still on dialup and don't want to pay broadband prices just to surf the Net so it's not just the price of a PC that matters.

It's just like the iPhone. Geeks and Mac addicts have them but most people still have and will continue to use standard old cell phones, Blackberries and ppcs. For every iPhone user I see I can count 100 that are using something else.

Eliminate us geeks and technofiles from the equation and your left with Joe Average and he ain't gonna hook his PC up to his TV. The vast majority of people I talk to every week have nothing more than a basic knowledge of computers or the Internet.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Hammer

It's just like the iPhone. Geeks and Mac addicts have them but most people still have and will continue to use standard old cell phones, Blackberries and ppcs. For every iPhone user I see I can count 100 that are using something else.

Eliminate us geeks and technofiles from the equation and your left with Joe Average and he ain't gonna hook his PC up to his TV. The vast majority of people I talk to every week have nothing more than a basic knowledge of computers or the Internet.

AMEN!

EXACTLY on point. What's scary, is, I'm the smartest guy in the town, likely the township, and Maybe even the county, on these things.
And I'm not just being arrogant.

The average Joe gets it spoon fed to him at the bar.