"Tech Zombies: 6 Technologies That Don't Know They're Dead"

[TheTenth]

guess what, DVD is # 4 !!!
see that :
http://www.cracked.com/article_16518...eyre-dead.html
of course it's a humorous site, but some arguments are valid!

[quexos]

MP3 players are dead ???
so does that mean I must trash my new Ipod Touch 32 GB
and my phonebook too ? I mean I use it to lift up my computer screen and it does it's job fine methinks
As for the videogames on disk dying, does that mean that my PS3 games are dying ?
Even my cash is dying. So I guess i'm going to trash it tonight

[Mikeblu]

yes cause money is dead lol

this guy thinks hes living in 2200

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by quexos

MP3 players are dead ???
so does that mean I must trash my new Ipod Touch 32 GB
and my phonebook too ? I mean I use it to lift up my computer screen and it does it's job fine methinks
As for the videogames on disk dying, does that mean that my PS3 games are dying ?
Even my cash is dying. So I guess i'm going to trash it tonight

iPod sales have been declining because everyone already has one. I dunno why that list says it's dead.

[Marquoz]

Originally Posted by Aaron

iPod sales have been declining because everyone already has one. I dunno why that list says it's dead.

They are saying ipods are selling less because people are buying all in one mp3 players. iPhone, and other cell phones are now mp3 players, so people can just carry one item to do it all. I agree with that point, why buy an ipod when I can get the iphone and get the ipod for free integrated in?

[JadedRaverLA]

Downloading (not Blu-ray) is taking over from DVD? Could have fooled... everyone. But since, according to Cracked, within 6 months, cell phones will be out only possessions, I guess we don't need HD anyway.

[ThePhantomOak]

Originally Posted by TheTenth

guess what, DVD is # 4 !!!
see that :
http://www.cracked.com/article_16518...eyre-dead.html
of course it's a humorous site, but some arguments are valid!

Did you read?

Companies like Sony would like to think the dip is due to people getting all excited about Bluray, but while Bluray sales have inched along, movie downloads have doubled.

Meanwhile Netflix has made a deal with Microsoft so that anyone who owns an XBox 360 can get a subscription to download Netflix movies, physical media be damned.

Good call linking that, turbo.



Anyway, The Cash thing is funny. I was Just at the mint in Philadelphia and even there they dont pick up the pennies that fall on the floor. Hundreds of them everywhere, but not a nickle coated coin out of place! Seems even at the mint the penny has no value.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by quexos

MP3 players are dead ???

As a separate single-purpose device.

The idea is that everyone will have an iPhone (or equivalent) instead. A combo MP3/video/PDA/phone.

Gary

[Mr. Hanky]

I skipped the whole mp3 player only scene, myself. For about 2 yrs, my Sony Ericsson "Walkman" has served all of my mobile digital needs- aac player, FM radio, cell, IM, camera, and various other kitchen sink items that I rarely use.

[dialog_gvf]

Companies like Sony would like to think the dip is due to people getting all excited about Bluray, but while Bluray sales have inched along, movie downloads have doubled.

Blu-ray sales were up 350% (2.5x) year over year. That's inching along while holy downloads are an incredible 2x!

Talk about spin crap. Note the misspelling of Blu-ray, to create "Blur" (a favorite of the red ants).

Gary

[Bobby Henderson]

The article is a crock of B.S. It's filled with so many assumptions and hopeful guesses it doesn't have much, if any, credibility at all.

Out of the list of 6 items, phone books are about the only thing I see in serious trouble at all. That's followed by daily newspapers. I haven't seen magazines disappear from store shelves. And I get catalogs in the mail quite often. If any of those things were "dead" I wouldn't be seeing them anymore.

DVDs aren't dead. They're just not cutting edge anymore.

Portable music players will stick around for years to come. Lossy formats like MP3 and AAC will eventually become irrelevant as newer devices keep increasing capacity.

The writer's claims about sales increases of movie downloads and Blu-ray Disc sales "inching along" is a pretty laughable attempt at spin.

Video games on disc is a dead technology? Yeah, sure.


The claim about video games on disc is even more ridiculous than Apple TV being a Blu-ray killer. Perhaps when it's possible to download 20GB or more of data for a game title in less than a few minutes games on disc might be dead. But that simply isn't happening for at least another decade.

Cash is dead? There are drawbacks with cash (it can be counterfeited, paper money is very unsanitary, etc.). But "cashless" methods are not without serious problems either.

[Mr. Hanky]

I'm totally onboard with phonebooks going dead. I SO wish they would stop delivering them to me. All it does is sit. The one time I used it, over the past few years, was when I needed to hail a tow truck to bring my car to the shop for a new battery. Otherwise, that lump of paper is such a complete waste (for me, at least) to be constructed for me every year.

I'm also pretty liberated of the use of cash, as well. Pretty much the only time I bother to use it is because I would be embarrassed to use a credit card for a <$3.00 lone purchase. Probably the one recurring exception is if I happen to need something from a coin-op machine.

[Marquoz]

Originally Posted by Mr. Hanky

I'm totally onboard with phonebooks going dead. I SO wish they would stop delivering them to me. All it does is sit. The one time I used it, over the past few years, was when I needed to hail a tow truck to bring my car to the shop for a new battery. Otherwise, that lump of paper is such a complete waste (for me, at least) to be constructed for me every year.

I use mine to start fires during winter time. I don't think I've opened it to actually look for anything in forever, except maybe the coupons in the back.

[Leopold BUTTERS]

This is one of the dumbest articles i have ever seen.

[LynxFX]

Disagree with all but the phone book. What's worse is that I get them even more now. Once a year? I wish, I get 3 different ones twice a year. That is 6 4 inch thick books a year, all go to the trash.

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Disagree with all but the phone book. What's worse is that I get them even more now. Once a year? I wish, I get 3 different ones twice a year. That is 6 4 inch thick books a year, all go to the trash.

dude...at least recycle em...

[cakefoo]

Originally Posted by article

while Bluray sales have inched along, movie downloads have doubled.

ok, let's just make this guy look like an idiot. According to his own source, movie downloads "are expected to double from $689 million in 2006 to $1.6 billion in 2008." So it's taken 2 years for them to double. On the other hand, Blu-ray is "inching along" merely TRIPLING their sales over a long-ass 12 month period.

Friggin' clowns.