Most people remember the twenty year long glory days of the VHS who proudly defeated it’s rival Betamax in 1988. VHS introduced widespread viewing of movies in homes and there was once a time where having a VCR was considered the coolest thing around. But every empire falls eventually and VHS became obsolete with the introduction of the DVD in 1995. It was sleek, compact, high-quality audio as well as visual. You could store your DVDs in your CD case! But DVD came about during a time of create technological advancement. With computer technology rapidly improving the DVD’s lifespan was quickly cut short. These days an item that was new being outdated the next day is rather common place. The DVD faced this with the arrival of Blu-Ray in 2000, created by Sony who had suffered defeat as the makers of Betamax so long ago. But DVDs may have a longer lifespan than their successors as well as many wholesale electronics experts are predicting that due to several factors the Blu-Ray won’t last past 2012.
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