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The only thing I remember dying a quick death was 8-Track Tapes! Cassettes came on the scene and in no time at all, you couldn't find 8_tracks. But cassettes were also supposed to be the LP killer, and that never really happened. When CD's came out, they were going to immediately kill album and cassette sales, but that took a while.
HD TV sales are still small compared to the overall market as many people are still sitting back and waiting for price drops, and are comfortable with their tube TV's. Those are the people that will still rent normal DVD's.
My daughter works part-time at Blockbuster, and HD-DVD and Bluray rentals only make up a few percent of their rentals still. As long as there is money in DVD, it will be around.
Older people, who are a large segment of the DVD market, will also never download a video.
Carol xoxoxo
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