"DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years: Bill Gates"

Wunderchu · Jul 14, 2004, 06:19 AM

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Bill Gates shares his vision for a future free of DVDs. He views a television that shows the user what they want to see, when they want to see it. Is Bill Gates right? In only ten years will we be DVD free, and come to rely on another format?

DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years at the latest, Microsoft boss and founder Bill Gates predicted. Asked what home entertainment would like in the future, Gates said that DVD technology would be "obsolete in 10 years at the latest. If you consider that nowadays we have to carry around film and music on little silver discs and stick them in the computer, it's ridiculous," Gates said in comments reproduced in German in the mass-circulation daily Bild.

"These things can scratch or simply get lost." Gates' vision of television of the future was: "TV that will simply show what we want to see, when we want to see it. When we get home, the home computer will know who we are from our voice or our face. It will know what we want to watch, our favourite programmes, or what the kids shouldn't be allowed to see."

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pr0digal jenius · Jul 14, 2004, 04:19 PM

i agree..in a matter of years, rather then decades, hard drives and streaming media will make optical drives obsolete

dipstick · Jul 14, 2004, 04:33 PM

I can agree to that too

digerati · Jul 14, 2004, 10:40 PM

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Originally posted by pr0digal jenius
i agree..in a matter of years, rather then decades, hard drives and streaming media will make optical drives obsolete

Not only that. I say that pornography will be on top of the new technology gains lol

No_Style · Jul 14, 2004, 10:57 PM

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Originally posted by pr0digal jenius
i agree..in a matter of years, rather then decades, hard drives and streaming media will make optical drives obsolete

Streaming media has improved over the years and will continue to do so.. now if only ISPs can get reliable connections everywhere. We'll be set

Nacht · Jul 15, 2004, 01:09 AM

no, writable user storage will never be obsolete...however....dvds will be. there will probably be something to the effect of a 5-6 layer dvd using different dyes lol

Necrosis · Jul 15, 2004, 01:12 AM

In ten years we'll have solid state drives anyway...

caqde · Jul 15, 2004, 01:39 AM

I really don't see Streaming media being a big thing. Do you really want to rely on someone else to keep your stuff? Or would you rather have it on you.

riles9262 · Jul 15, 2004, 01:50 AM

However in 10 years there will still be floppy drives/diskettes I'll bet

caqde · Jul 15, 2004, 02:11 AM

True those horrid unreliable things just never learned how to die. If they are still around in ten years it will be really funny. Just think you have 200+ghz computer with a 75TB harddrive, Radeon X9800, Soundblaster Audigy 7 ZS, Some Optical type drive, and a Floppy Drive!

pr0digal jenius · Jul 15, 2004, 03:18 AM

no...floppies are dying...my PC duznt have a permanent one(i leach one if i hafta make a boot disk to update RAID drivers or sumtin)

Vampyromaniac · Jul 15, 2004, 07:58 AM

whatever, Bill

Dom · Jul 15, 2004, 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by Necrosis
In ten years we'll have solid state drives anyway...

Yup.

mike2h · Jul 15, 2004, 07:42 PM

bill is having fantasies. again. dvd still has not overtaken vhs. bill has no understanding of the unwashed masses. i can not begin to imagine how many homes do not/ or are just getting dvd players. or how many people own computer with dvd rom in them & are only using them as cd rom. dvd is really just taking off.
what bill is really talking about is him getting his quarter every time somebody watches a movie or uses a program. a lot of companies want this. just do not see it realisticly happening anytime soon.
thank god!

pr0digal jenius · Jul 16, 2004, 03:56 AM

i just got a microwave 3 years ago and a DVD player 2 years ago...lol

Nacht · Jul 16, 2004, 04:23 AM

He's not saying they'll be gone. He said obsolete. Which they will be. floppy disks are obsolete, hell so are CDs. That doesnt mean alot of people dont still use them.

mike2h · Jul 16, 2004, 04:50 AM

i do not think they will even be obsolete. blue ray is only just getting ready to start making an appearance, as is multi layer. hell games are only just starting to come out on dvd. bty where did you get the impression that cds were obsolete?
you & bill are confusing available tech with what is viable & usable mainstream. if you go by tech that is out there & is developing dvds will be pretty much obsolete within a year.
the problem is getting it 'accepted' & to market - before somebody comes up with something better- then getting johnq to accept it. his statement is true, but it really does not mean anything. bill is a good politician too ya know.

Jul 15, 2004, 01:39 AM	#8
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 505 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	I really don't see Streaming media being a big thing. Do you really want to rely on someone else to keep your stuff? Or would you rather have it on you. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x8GB of Geil DDR3 12800 10-10-10-28 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Jul 15, 2004, 01:50 AM	#9
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	However in 10 years there will still be floppy drives/diskettes I'll bet __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Jul 15, 2004, 02:11 AM	#10
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 505 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	True those horrid unreliable things just never learned how to die. If they are still around in ten years it will be really funny. Just think you have 200+ghz computer with a 75TB harddrive, Radeon X9800, Soundblaster Audigy 7 ZS, Some Optical type drive, and a Floppy Drive! __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x8GB of Geil DDR3 12800 10-10-10-28 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Jul 15, 2004, 07:58 AM	#12
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	whatever, Bill __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Jul 15, 2004, 07:42 PM	#14
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	bill is having fantasies. again. dvd still has not overtaken vhs. bill has no understanding of the unwashed masses. i can not begin to imagine how many homes do not/ or are just getting dvd players. or how many people own computer with dvd rom in them & are only using them as cd rom. dvd is really just taking off. what bill is really talking about is him getting his quarter every time somebody watches a movie or uses a program. a lot of companies want this. just do not see it realisticly happening anytime soon. thank god! __________________

Jul 14, 2004, 04:19 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i agree..in a matter of years, rather then decades, hard drives and streaming media will make optical drives obsolete

Jul 14, 2004, 04:33 PM	#3
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I can agree to that too

Jul 15, 2004, 01:09 AM	#6
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	no, writable user storage will never be obsolete...however....dvds will be. there will probably be something to the effect of a 5-6 layer dvd using different dyes lol

Jul 15, 2004, 01:12 AM	#7
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	In ten years we'll have solid state drives anyway...

Jul 15, 2004, 03:18 AM	#11
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	no...floppies are dying...my PC duznt have a permanent one(i leach one if i hafta make a boot disk to update RAID drivers or sumtin)

Jul 16, 2004, 03:56 AM	#15
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i just got a microwave 3 years ago and a DVD player 2 years ago...lol

Jul 16, 2004, 04:23 AM	#16
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	He's not saying they'll be gone. He said obsolete. Which they will be. floppy disks are obsolete, hell so are CDs. That doesnt mean alot of people dont still use them.

Jul 16, 2004, 04:50 AM	#17
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	i do not think they will even be obsolete. blue ray is only just getting ready to start making an appearance, as is multi layer. hell games are only just starting to come out on dvd. bty where did you get the impression that cds were obsolete? you & bill are confusing available tech with what is viable & usable mainstream. if you go by tech that is out there & is developing dvds will be pretty much obsolete within a year. the problem is getting it 'accepted' & to market - before somebody comes up with something better- then getting johnq to accept it. his statement is true, but it really does not mean anything. bill is a good politician too ya know. __________________ Last edited by mike2h; Jul 16, 2004 at 04:57 AM.