AteMoose Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 given the current trend with fruit leading the inflationary push, and electronics permanantly dropping in price, will we ever come to a point when a melon costs more than a DVD player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 given the current trend with fruit leading the inflationary push, and electronics permanantly dropping in price, will we ever come to a point when a melon costs more than a DVD player In the future you will just be given a DVD containing a selection of still pictures of fruit, I'm told this is already apparent on some DVD's but I'm stumped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeFall Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Some places around the world they already do - a nice ripe & juicy water melon will set you back about $50 in Japan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 to me personally a melon is more useful than a dvd player.................... I've never bothered with dvds or videos............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 The main "joke" going round about increased fruit prices bears a lot of truth. Quite simply, exotic fruit prices remain the same. Its the cost of shipping and storing that has increased (and will continue to increase) as the oil price increases. PGST - Permanent Global Summer Time - where summer fruits are available all year round is soon to end. ON that note, summer fruits will abviously be cheaper in summer when they are grown in our own hemisphere, not shipped in from Thailand or Brazil or somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?...! Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 DVD's will be obsolete by 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since the beginning Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 DVD's will be obsolete by 2010 No they won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPCheese Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) No they won't. You're right there, they'll be obsolete by 2008. http://www.blu-ray.com/players/ Edited January 13, 2006 by HPCheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?...! Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) No they won't. Well sony's Blu - ray and Toshibas HDDVD are out soon. They will look the same as DVD's though so ignorant people may well call them DVD's, these fools will be up sh*t creek, as they are incompatible with each other. Fool: Why won't my new Rocky 7 DVD play? whaah waah. man: That's not a DVD you moron that's a HDDVD. Fool: What it looks the same as all my other DVD's. man: Well it's not you will need a HDDVD player to play that. Que the fool going to Dixons and buying a shiny new Sony blu-ray player, leaving him still unable to play his new Rocky 7 HDDVD, you have been warned.. Click here Oh sorry took me ages to type this Edited January 13, 2006 by ?...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Well sony's Blu - ray and Toshibas HDDVD are out soon. They will look the same as DVD's though so ignorant people may well call them DVD's, these fools will be up sh*t creek, as they are incompatible with each other. Fool: Why won't my new Rocky 7 DVD play? whaah waah. man: That's not a DVD you moron that's a HDDVD. Fool: What it looks the same as all my other DVD's. man: Well it's not you will need a HDDVD player to play that. Que the fool going to Dixons and buying a shiny new Sony blu-ray player, leaving him still unable to play his new Rocky 7 HDDVD, you have been warned.. Click here Oh sorry took me ages to type this It will only be a matter of time and we will be watching movies in super high definition in real time as they come across the internet. In not too many years I will be surprised to see much media (e.g. cd's, dvd's) about as they will all be made obsolete. People will just download to hard disk keep for a few days or when the life of the download expires this will be true for audio as is it happening already. I am amazed why we need more space on dvd's. I rarely bother with the extra crap anyway! Also using MPEG4 - movies can be the same quality as dvd but only occupy 700mb of data and fit onto a normal CD!! Old technology will probably be worth something in 30 years time to collectors. Keep your players and media - old vinyl, cd's etc. Perhaps I should sell my laserdisc player and discs now? The crazy thing is I bought the player at a car boot for £15 a few years ago and on Ebay the same one is selling now for £380 with discs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?...! Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 It will only be a matter of time and we will be watching movies in super high definition in real time as they come across the internet. In not too many years I will be surprised to see much media (e.g. cd's, dvd's) about as they will all be made obsolete. People will just download to hard disk keep for a few days or when the life of the download expires this will be true for audio as is it happening already. I am amazed why we need more space on dvd's. I rarely bother with the extra crap anyway! Also using MPEG4 - movies can be the same quality as dvd but only occupy 700mb of data and fit onto a normal CD!! Old technology will probably be worth something in 30 years time to collectors. Keep your players and media - old vinyl, cd's etc. Perhaps I should sell my laserdisc player and discs now? The crazy thing is I bought the player at a car boot for £15 a few years ago and on Ebay the same one is selling now for £380 with discs!! Bang on. As soon as South Korean uber bandwidths hit our shores all you will need is a wireless home network and you will soon be ble to watch any TV ever made, whenever you want, anywhere in you home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Bang on. As soon as South Korean uber bandwidths hit our shores all you will need is a wireless home network and you will soon be ble to watch any TV ever made, whenever you want, anywhere in you home. Can't wait to watch all 350 episodes of Location, Location, Location back to back... talk about cruel and unusual punishment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashConnoisseur Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 DVD's will be obsolete by 2010 Superseded, but not obsolete. Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD players are backwards compatible. It will only be a matter of time and we will be watching movies in super high definition in real time as they come across the internet. If you have the bandwidth you can already watch High Definition 'Movie Trailers': http://www.apple.com/trailers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Never been to Japan?? Melons (admittedly not watermelons) can easily cost 10000 Yen or more (ie 50 pounds) !! They are available in all the big department stores in special packaging as gifts especially before New Year and other holiday periods. As always Japan leads the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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