DVDs: Are they Obsolete?
Is it the end of the road for this technology?
Every time my extended family gets together, there is a fun, absorbing conversation: Are DVDs on the way out, and if so, how long before our local DVD store closes? (Certain family members are certain that it will close within a year!)
They grasp their IPhones to demonstrate how easy it is to locate and watch a movie, getting their thumbs moving as they navigate multiple streaming services until it is found. They have even passed the “Find the Towering Inferno” challenge, finding it after 3.28 minutes.
My family has a large cabinet in our lounge room, which contains over 500 titles, ranging in genre from Star Wars to war movies such as the Memphis Belle and The Great Escape to my wife’s favourite series such as Pride and Prejudice, As Time Goes By and Keeping Up Appearances. She loves watching these series annually, to go over their iconic scenes and beautiful English scenery.
We have often thought about what our relatives have said about how easy it is to watch movies online, but have concluded that, while this is true, it is so easy to just go to our cabinet, find a movie and watch it, rather than having to do investigative work across multiple streaming sites to watch movies, especially if they are older (such as the Poseidon Adventure).
