A DVD is an optical storage thing that comes as the successor of the CD, but with a capacity of nearly 7 times higher and with a different way of writing information on disk.
A DVD looks like a shinny disc, and has a MENU, extra, director's Cut, Skip button and Next.
The DVD technology replaced the video tapes that were currently on the market, and probably even the DVD will be soon completely replaced by other new technology like Blu-ray and even USB. The DVDs so far they were very useful to storage big information of a few GB.
When the CD's came out they were a big thing for us , because finally we got rid of cassettes and the huge discs. But when the DVD came on the market it took technology to another level, we transferred all the footages or audios on it from the old ways of seeing or hearing them. And also we put information on it in a much more larger amount then ever.But nowadays everyday something new comes out and concurs the public and puts down the old technology, even if it’s only a few years old.
I still think that beside all the new technology that comes out now, the DVD will always have our back, and when we will need it we will still use it. The DVD made our computer lives easier, so I will not give up on it easy.
The people opinion is that soon the DVDs will disappear but there is still a open market to it. For example some people go and rent their favorite movies on DVDs from shops like “LoveFilm” or buy from “HMV”. The latest technology that appeared are the Blu-rays, which can store on it at least three times more than a DVD. This way the DVD will go down but I don’t think will disappear forever.
Some computer games are still made on DVD's and computer games are still quite successful. On the other hand, now we have YOUTUBE ,SKY, Apple and the biggest ones are the Hard Drives, who can stores millions of GB. Also the DVD is not compatible with the new 3D technology, you can’t watch a 3D movie on a DVD.
Some of us still buy DVD’s because they are cheap and also pirate DVD’s are very popular. Like a USB the DVD is really portable and have a hardware to support them. So as long poor people still buy cheap DVD’s , this way they will never completely disappear from the market.
Also think about how many technology less countries are in the world that they don’t know much about computers and things like that. For them the DVD can be a huge useful thing until they will fully develop the newest technology.
I still have home so many DVD’s even from 10 years ago, with pictures, music and films, and this way I will never throw them out.
As long as the computers will still read a DVD there will be no way that will be gone forever.
