Top 5 Tech Predictions for 2008

[Mikeblu]

After watching a video somewhere I decided to ask you guys. What are your top 5 tech predictions for 2008.
5.I will finaly find a decent phone
4.PS3 will rise to top of consoles in UK
3.BD100 will be realesed to the consumer at a high price point
2.Xbox 360s lifespan will run out late 2008 posibly 2009
1.BD50 will be used in four different games

[tru_to_blu]

Thats a list. Heres mine.

1. PS3 will be on top.
2. Xbox 360 will get beat and will run out of luck.
3. Blu-ray will continue to stomp HD DUD.
4. GTA IV will be the best selling game next year.
5. Warner Bros. will become Blu-ray exclusive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clyon]

#5 we do, it is called a land-line phone
#2 come on, you realy think MS is going to stop make 360's next year or even 2009??



Mine for 2008:
#6 $200 profile 2.0 BD players
#5 Philips will release their Wireless HDMI late in the year
#4 AirBus A380 will be canned.
#3 Dual Quad Core Processors
#2 Sony releases OLED tv's in the US (this is going to happen just the sizes & price are not kown)
#1 China lands a Rover on the Moon & in 2009 they bring back a sample of He-3

[Mikeblu]

Originally Posted by clyon

#2 come on, you realy think MS is going to stop make 360's next year or even 2009??

if your ever over in England nobody wants a 360 anymore they either want a wii or a PS3. Nobody talks about GoW when they have HAZE and MGS4 next year. And all the parents are been naged by there kidds to get a wii.

[clyon]

Originally Posted by Mikeblu

if your ever over in England nobody wants a 360 anymore they either want a wii or a PS3. Nobody talks about GoW when they have HAZE and MGS4 next year. And all the parents are been naged by there kidds to get a wii.

GoW, really?? Yes it does sucks, I played it like 6 times since it came out, yah $60 down the tube

[Marcusarilius]

1. Warner goes blu-ray Exclusive.
2. HD DVD players are found in cereal boxes.
3. Samsung will develop a player that actually plays a BD movie.
4. Universal goes duel format by the end of 08. and...
5. Mystic Suicide does a BD calander for her fans.

[Mikeblu]

Originally Posted by clyon

GoW, really?? Yes it does sucks, I played it like 6 times since it came out, yah $60 down the tube

Yeah played it at a freind of mines house, let him play Resistance and he felt really screwed. lol

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

1. Warner goes blu-ray Exclusive.
2. HD DVD players are found in cereal boxes.
3. Samsung will develop a player that actually plays a BD movie.
4. Universal goes duel format by the end of 08. and...
5. Mystic Suicide does a BD calander for her fans.

Now that's a list

[iamJackBauer]

lets see, my guesses...

Wii fad will begin to die by fall.
360 will Still do well with a fall release of gears of war 2.
PS3 will begin it's reign with AAA exclusives, although it still wont catch the 360 overall.
Blu will still dominate hd dvd, but hd dvd will still sucker people their way for yet another year.
One of the studios will go multiformat or go exclusive (most likely Blu)

[turboedguy]

1. HD DVD will win the format war
2. People will give up cell phones for personal carrier pigeons
3. Micheal Jackson will become the spokesman for Nintendo
4. Vacume tubes and transistors will make a comeback in personal computing
5. The theatrical remake of ALF will score #1 in the box office for six weeks stright.

[Mikeblu]

Originally Posted by turboedguy

1. HD DVD will win the format war
2. People will give up cell phones for personal carrier pigeons
3. Micheal Jackson will become the spokesman for Nintendo
4. Vacume tubes and transistors will make a comeback in personal computing
5. The theatrical remake of ALF will score #1 in the box office for six weeks stright.

If any of that comes true I'll give you 50 grand. (I hope none of it comes true for my moneys and the worlds sake.)

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by turboedguy

3. Micheal Jackson will become the spokesman for Nintendo.

I agree with all but must add one adendum. In Michael's case, I beleive we need to use the term "Spokes Person" instead. At least until we can the sexual identity thing starightened out.

[reider]

Originally Posted by turboedguy

1. HD DVD will win the format war
2. People will give up cell phones for personal carrier pigeons
3. Micheal Jackson will become the spokesman for Nintendo
4. Vacume tubes and transistors will make a comeback in personal computing
5. The theatrical remake of ALF will score #1 in the box office for six weeks stright.

LOL.
One little thing though: what do you think processors are made of? Millions of transistors on a same silicon. We are still very much in a transistor era... till quantum computing comes.

[reider]

Originally Posted by Mikeblu

If any of that comes true I'll give you 50 grand. (I hope none of it comes true for my moneys and the worlds sake.)

Transistors never left... does it count for the 50 grand award??

[T-Wrecks]

My 2008 predictions:

1. MS will announce it's HDDL-ready XBOX Tera specs. All games/movies
will be DL only on their new XBOX Live Ultra format at 29.99 a month...
with the exception being the built-in DVD/Blu-ray capability. Games WILL
be available on Blu-ray100s, but will cost 40% more than DL and suffer
the back-end of their "timed-release exclusive" equivalents.

2. Wii software sales will start to cripple the lifespan of the system...
A. Casual gamers will not have the attach rates of the PS2/3 or
XBOX 360.

3. PS3 sales will take a tremendous upswing based on 3 criteria:
A. The quad-threat exclusive releases of: KZ2, LBP, HOME and MGS4,
thus increasing console sales. Cross-platformers start with the PS3.
B. The average consumer's perception that Blu-ray has won, thus
increasing Blu-ray disc player sales.
C. HD TVs will become more affordable, thus justifying Blu-ray.

4. XBOX360 users will begin to abandon the system based on its
failure rates and storage limitations.

5. The percentage of US homes with HDTVs will increase by 10+% over
year previous.

[turboedguy]

Originally Posted by reider

LOL.
One little thing though: what do you think processors are made of? Millions of transistors on a same silicon. We are still very much in a transistor era... till quantum computing comes.

no, no, Im talking about these babys!

they are making a come back, big time!




Processors?

Get with it, Its gonna be 2008, the year of the Vacuum tube! Oh yeah, and HD DVD.

[Mikeblu]

Originally Posted by reider

Transistors never left... does it count for the 50 grand award??

No, because I have no idea what they are lol.

[reider]

Originally Posted by turboedguy

no, no, Im talking about these babys!

they are making a come back, big time!




Processors?

Get with it, Its gonna be 2008, the year of the Vacuum tube! Oh yeah, and HD DVD.

These on the picture are still in production (www.onsemi.com) for example. They are used on high reliability equipment...and yes - extreme environment computers is one of the examples.
Vacuum tubes are in use on some hi-end pre-amplifiers and amplifiers, especially in audio.

[turboedguy]

Originally Posted by reider

These on the picture are still in production (www.onsemi.com) for example. They are used on high reliability equipment...and yes - extreme environment computers is one of the examples.
Vacuum tubes are in use on some hi-end pre-amplifiers and amplifiers, especially in audio.

Exactly my point, The IC chip is dead!

Long live the tube.

[beavis667]

5. Roomba vacuum robots will become self aware and declare war on our pets.
4. Anti-DRM zealots will have the epiphany that in supporting HD-DVD they are boycotting Sony, but supporting Microsoft (who is worse).
3. A bunch of monkeys high on paint thinner and grape cool-ade code a better product than Microsoft IIS.
2. David Letterman replaces Paul Schafer with a charasmatic Roomba vacuum robot. Ratings go through the roof.
1. Al Gore claims that he invented HD-DVD.