Nearly three years ago, Mark Evanier wrote the following:
"It seems like every time we turn around, there's a new and better format available to us, as well as fresh, innovative hardware on which to play that format. Just in the last quarter-century, we have seen the narrowly-distributed 3/4" videotape recorder give way to the popular Betamax format, which was outdone by the more popular VHS format, which was improved upon by S-VHS and 8mm video, as well as Laserdisc and now DVD.
Many people believe that this technological surge is motivated by a primal, human longing to better that which already exists. This is not so.
No, the reason for all this progress is that someone wants to see how many times they can get me to buy Goldfinger."
ME has purchased Goldfinger in at least six different formats so far. Do I hear seven?
According to an article on CNN, "Both [movie studios and movie industry groups]...consider the DVD ripe for replacement next year."
They seem to have agreed that DVDs are on the way out. Now, they just have to agree on exactly what format they will use to make us purchase our entire movie collections over again, in much the same way that the Bush administration has decided to hand over sovereignty to someone Iraq on June 30, specifics yet to be determined.
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