Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
It is definately amazing how far technology has advanced in the last 20 years. Hell, in the last 10 years its amazing. In 1996, DVD was not big at all. VHS was the video format, but 10 years later, VHS is completely dead. DVD is at its peak and hi-def is coming onto the field. It's amazing the video quality we see nowadays. If I went back 10 years ago and showed someone a DVD, they'd probably think they were high or something. But the most shocking thing would be that we would be acheiving it in 10 years.
It is definately amazing how far technology has advanced in the last 20 years. Hell, in the last 10 years its amazing. In 1996, DVD was not big at all. VHS was the video format, but 10 years later, VHS is completely dead. DVD is at its peak and hi-def is coming onto the field. It's amazing the video quality we see nowadays. If I went back 10 years ago and showed someone a DVD, they'd probably think they were high or something. But the most shocking thing would be that we would be acheiving it in 10 years.
The rise of the DVD format was quite a fenomenon, if you think about it. Now, VHS took a little bit longer to pick up, and there was no other format to replace - there was beta, but that was running along with VHS on the videotape market. Now, I remember back in the late 90s how the DVD section of video stores were kinda like the "porn section", it was a little stand on the corner of the store, hidden, and I remember STARES from customers when I picked up a copy of "Enter the Dragon" on DVD. I mean, VHS was THE format back then, and it didn't seem it was going to fade so quickly, there were so many movies on VHS... And now, 2006, movies are not released on VHS anymore, the format is absolutely dead (except for taping TV shows, so I still have a VCR) - but when TIVO gets a little bit more popular around here, it will be formally deceased... Although I still can find vinyl long play records today...