The Death of the Disc
Nearly half of all teenagers did NOT buy a compact disc in 2007, according to a research study done by the NPD Group.
Online music sales continue to climb confirmed by a report earlier in the week that Apple’s iTunes has become the #2 music seller behind Walmart, and analysts predict that iTunes will eclipse Walmart later this year.
And finally, in January the debate behind HD-DVD and Blue-Ray high definition compact disc formats (echoes from the VHS-Betamax mess of the 1980’s) was finally settled when major movie companies picked Blue-Ray over HD-DVD. Toshiba, the maker of the HD-DVD drives, put it to rest when they stopped production on the units.
But who cares? Downloading movies is upon us. Only two days after the beginning of the end of the high-def debate started, Apple announced their iTunes Movie Rental service and updated Apple TV device.
The times they are a changin’!