VGmaster9 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 In the 70s the Betamax tapes were introduced. In the 80s the VHS tapes were introduced. In the 90s the DVD was introduced. In the 2000s the Blu-ray disc was introduced. What do you think we might have this decade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewge Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Who needs physical when you can go digital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Red Rocket sticks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WileyWarWeasel Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Memory crystals... But only for appropriate content ;V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Memory powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundeere Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) I think it will be a tape of some kind that you have to rewind after you finish it. It will usually be low quality, but who cares. I think it'll be something like VHS... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Here's an example Edited March 31, 2016 by Thundeere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless/Nameless Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Well, it's going to be digital eventually, once the Hollywood lightens up with DRM and the US finally decides to make DVD ripping legal, but you're asking about phys media so........ I don't personally think DVD/Blu-Ray is going anywhere for a while, but as far as the next possible media format? I think it would make sense for it to be flash-based. Little memory sticks that you jab right into your tv set. Handy, durable, compact, sensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Well I'm already seeing USB sticks that are smaller than a button being used for storing up to 16GB of media content, so we'll most likely just see a permanent shift to online sales of media due to cheaper costs and increase in internet usage "e.g Steam"Â Â and people will just download it all to their memory devices for the physical transfer of data. Â Either way, goodbye CD's & DVD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yell0wf0x Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 RF chips embedded into the skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikazuki Marazhu Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Physical media is now dying out. I once asked my brother to lend me his newspaper He said "This is the new age! Nobody uses newspapers. Here use my Ipad" That bee never knew what hit him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Physical mediums will always be a thing. I mean, your digital media needs to be stored somewhere, right? :V Although I think that consumer tech will go all digital and physical storage will be exclusive to enterprise usage and exchangeable storage like memory cards. 3D flash memory seems to be the way to go for desktop stuff. Although they did show a glass disc that can store terabytes of data. But that thing seems to be more for archives because it's suppose to survive far longer than any other storage mediums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Doggo Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) Every home will have a central data storage device that they can connect to wirelessly with future models of smartphones, and they will purchase digital goods in person and then go home and stuff them on that. Â I completely made that up but it seems feasible unless almost every single home has a stable high-speed internet connection in the same way they have water and electricity, in which case everything will just go straight on their family storage device and the world of game/movie/software stores ends forever. Edited March 31, 2016 by Sir Gibby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Virtual Reality Movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilBear Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Physical media is dying. Eventually it will all be cloud based. Itll be easier for content creators and providers to control their stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaende Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Being on the cloud just means it's on a server somewhere else. Everything we see here still exists on physical media. Network diagrams use a little picture of a cloud to represent the greater web outside of one's LAN. This eventually became known as "The Cloud". I agree that personal physical media is on its way out, but it's debatable whether creators have more control of their content when it's hosted on somebody else's hardware. More exposure and access to useful tools, perhaps, but not necessarily more control. 16 hours ago, 6tails said: We have NAND Flash for this decade. Next decade we should finally see phase-change materials for flash memory. This looks promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminal7 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Pocket Secretaries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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