Comments on: Are DVDs a Thing of the Past? http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/ Our Journey Begins....Together Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kunal http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1761 Kunal Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:12:03 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1761 lol... well i am also surp y ur mail boxes are not yet upgraded... u welcome ankur... spread the word... let everyone enjoy :P poonam try one thing change the address to some other address in USA... like ur frnds/uncles/blah blah n c if it upgrades... lol… well i am also surp y ur mail boxes are not yet upgraded…

u welcome ankur… spread the word… let everyone enjoy :P

poonam try one thing change the address to some other address in USA… like ur frnds/uncles/blah blah n c if it upgrades…

]]> By: Gaurav http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1760 Gaurav Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:43:41 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1760 lol...I think MS outsourced the bigger inboxes to India n ppl here @ US got nothing :P lol…I think MS outsourced the bigger inboxes to India n ppl here @ US got nothing :P

]]> By: Ankur Raheja http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1758 Ankur Raheja Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:23:13 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1758 Thanks Kunal for the idea Now I have got 250 MB Hotmail Mailbox :grin: Thanks Kunal for the idea
Now I have got 250 MB Hotmail Mailbox :grin:

]]> By: Gaurav http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1737 Gaurav Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:19:30 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1737 <blockquote>We have had DVDs since 2000 so we could say that by 2010 it might not be the ?in? technology. For India, it might still be there until 2015 or longer, who knows!</blockquote> I think things gonna change by that time. They are changing already....Japs get cool cellphones about an yr. before we get them in US and prolly European/Asian cellfones hit India before they hit US markets?

We have had DVDs since 2000 so we could say that by 2010 it might not be the ?in? technology. For India, it might still be there until 2015 or longer, who knows!

I think things gonna change by that time. They are changing already….Japs get cool cellphones about an yr. before we get them in US and prolly European/Asian cellfones hit India before they hit US markets?

]]> By: Poonam http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1731 Poonam Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:11:57 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1731 <strong>Kunal</strong>, today I checked my Hotmail account prior to getting to Hotmal Today page, it said that my Hotmail account has new features, so I thought great it got upgraded. :grin: But it was not. :sad: I still have only 2 MB. They popped my bubble. :irked: Thanks <strong>Kunal</strong>. That first link was the article I had read. :smile: You found it. :wink: Even Bill Gates said 10 years, but we will see what happens. <strong>Monty</strong>, DVDS are now just getting active in India. Prior to this it was just VCDs so of course DVDs will stay longer in India then it would in US. We have had DVDs since 2000 so we could say that by 2010 it might not be the "in" technology. For India, it might still be there until 2015 or longer, who knows! Kunal, today I checked my Hotmail account prior to getting to Hotmal Today page, it said that my Hotmail account has new features, so I thought great it got upgraded. :grin: But it was not. :sad: I still have only 2 MB. They popped my bubble. :irked:

Thanks Kunal. That first link was the article I had read. :smile: You found it. :wink: Even Bill Gates said 10 years, but we will see what happens.

Monty, DVDS are now just getting active in India. Prior to this it was just VCDs so of course DVDs will stay longer in India then it would in US. We have had DVDs since 2000 so we could say that by 2010 it might not be the “in” technology. For India, it might still be there until 2015 or longer, who knows!

]]> By: Kunal http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1726 Kunal Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:35:32 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1726 hey monty, i read it when my bro logged into his hotmail acct n he still has 2MB n the msg said new users will get 25MB. o yeah that neither do i c it happn... in india atleast its gonna take a bit longer... but then who knows... the way pc prices are falling n being accessible to a larger mass of ppl... hey monty,
i read it when my bro logged into his hotmail acct n he still has 2MB n the msg said new users will get 25MB.

o yeah that neither do i c it happn… in india atleast its gonna take a bit longer… but then who knows… the way pc prices are falling n being accessible to a larger mass of ppl…

]]> By: Monty http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1725 Monty Thu, 25 Nov 2004 05:54:13 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1725 <strong>Kunal</strong>, I have seen <a href="http://www.flexbeta.net/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=1602">screen shots</a> of people who have got 250MB when they signed up as new users. Now if they have tampered the screen shot in a very perfect way, then I aint very sure, but i have seen screen shots from diff people and who dont know each other too, so i assume MS might be offering 250MB only. Coming to DVD's, and the article in theinquirer.net, <blockquote> Gates said that 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. </blockquote> I really dont see this happening on a mass scale in India within the next 10 years. Well, DVD's going extinct in 10 years though is very much possible, lekin 10 years is a very long time. If the article said DVD's would be extinct in the next 1-2 years, then it would be a little hard to digest. <strong>Poonam</strong>, regarding a Hindi movie fitting onto a single disc, you can use programs like <a href="http://dvdshrink.info/">DVD shrink</a> to fit them onto one single sided, single layered DVD(normal DVD 4.7GB) Kunal, I have seen screen shots of people who have got 250MB when they signed up as new users. Now if they have tampered the screen shot in a very perfect way, then I aint very sure, but i have seen screen shots from diff people and who dont know each other too, so i assume MS might be offering 250MB only.

Coming to DVD’s, and the article in theinquirer.net,

Gates said that 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.

I really dont see this happening on a mass scale in India within the next 10 years. Well, DVD’s going extinct in 10 years though is very much possible, lekin 10 years is a very long time. If the article said DVD’s would be extinct in the next 1-2 years, then it would be a little hard to digest.

Poonam, regarding a Hindi movie fitting onto a single disc, you can use programs like DVD shrink to fit them onto one single sided, single layered DVD(normal DVD 4.7GB)

]]> By: Kunal http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1724 Kunal Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:27:15 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1724 phew Finally... Poonam, here u go <strong>Bill Gates Says DVDs Have No Future</strong> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17202 http://www.techspot.com/story14198.html phew Finally…

Poonam, here u go

Bill Gates Says DVDs Have No Future

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17202
http://www.techspot.com/story14198.html

]]> By: Kunal http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1723 Kunal Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:23:56 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1723 Monty for new users theres only 25MB initially n not 250MB. Poonam, Patience it will def happpn soon... currently they are migrating ppl in Oz land to 250MB accts... Monty for new users theres only 25MB initially n not 250MB.

Poonam, Patience it will def happpn soon… currently they are migrating ppl in Oz land to 250MB accts…

]]> By: Poonam http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1721 Poonam Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:50:58 +0000 http://www.neerajpoonam.com/wp/archives/2004/11/20/are-dvds-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-1721 I had read it somewhere <strong>Monty</strong> that Bill Gates is going to come out with better technology than DVDs. I don't remember where I read it or what it was about but that's why I think that DVDs aren't going to last. Even today when you burn a DVD on your PC, a regular desi movie won't fit on one DVD. :???: Technology changes faster as time goes by so we will see what happens. Well, I changed the countries and that didn't work. I think I agree with <strong>Gaurav</strong> abt. the old American funda. They are really bad about doing stuff for their existing customers. Oh well, maybe they will upgrade it <strong>someday</strong>. I had read it somewhere Monty that Bill Gates is going to come out with better technology than DVDs. I don’t remember where I read it or what it was about but that’s why I think that DVDs aren’t going to last. Even today when you burn a DVD on your PC, a regular desi movie won’t fit on one DVD. :???: Technology changes faster as time goes by so we will see what happens.

Well, I changed the countries and that didn’t work. I think I agree with Gaurav abt. the old American funda. They are really bad about doing stuff for their existing customers.

Oh well, maybe they will upgrade it someday.

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