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Originally Posted by CarolCox
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.
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The first time I saw CDs being sold in record stores was in 1984. By 1988 you couldn't find a LP anywhere. Of course cassettes hung on much longer.
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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.
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but when they want a new TV it's going to be a HDTV. My local wal-mart, which is the nearest palce you are going to get a TV for 60 miles without going to another wal-mart, only has a few models of the old SDTVs. 85% of what they have for sale is HDTVs. They have nothing over 27 inches in SDTV and very few models to choose from. Also more and more manufactures are no longer producing CRT TVs. When I get a new TV it's prety much going to be a HDTV, whether I want one or not.
SDTV are getting replaced at a rate of about 15%-20% a year. So it won't be long before HDTV take over the majority of people's homes.