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Easy to store and easy to use, filmstrips were a practical alternative to 35mm films. By the 1980s, however, compact and efficient video players, including VHS, rendered filmstrip projectors obsolete.
Historical examples of new technologies superseding old ones include bronze replacing flint in hand-tools, DVDs replacing videocassettes, and the telephone replacing the telegraph. On a smaller scale, a particular product may become obsolete when a newer version replaces it. Many products in the computer industry become obsolete in this manner.
Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of chemical deterioration. The causes include oxidation of the reflective layer, reactions with contaminants, ultra-violet light damage, and de-bonding of the adhesive used to adhere the layers of the disc together.
Netflix (NFLX) has released a controversial presentation that charts the quick death of the physical DVD rental industry. If the presentation bears out, then the next few years could be the most ...
The term "moving images" includes analog film and video and their born-digital forms: digital video, digital motion picture materials, and digital cinema. As analog videotape and film become obsolete, digitization has become a key preservation strategy, although many archives do continue to perform photochemical preservation of film stock. [105 ...
Tech gets old. It’s a fact of life. All you can do is make plans to replace an obsolete product before it’s too late.And obviously the best way to start your planning process is to know ...
HD DVD (16 P) L. LaserDisc (4 C, 13 P) V. VHS (22 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Discontinued media formats" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.