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The end of the DVD could be close than many realize. According to an Associated Press report, Verizon is set to team with Redbox to offer a video streaming service later in the year. The news is not really all that surprising, as a report from Gigaom.com mentions that video streaming giant Netflix has almost twice as many streaming subscribers as it does for DVD subscribers. The arrival of yet another video streaming option, could spell the end of the DVD.

A report from MSN highlights that spending on home video in the U.S. fell by more than 2 percent in 2011, and more competition for the entertainment dollar will lead consumers to cheaper options. However, as the MSN report mentions, price is not the only benefit of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu or even on demand purchases like those found on many cable boxes, Amazon and iTunes.

Convenience and simplicity are major factors in the purchase of entertainment. Plus, mobile technology, like tablet computers, allows users to enjoy all sorts of programming in a variety of settings. It is those benefits that will eventually minimize the impact DVD sales have on the entertainment industry.

The nuances of the Redbox and Verizon partnership have yet to be announced. Still, a Web Pro News article indicates that the service will be a mix of new releases and download services. If Redbox can offer up new releases in streaming forms instead of forcing consumers to make the trip to the kiosk, the death of the DVD will only start to escalate.

In an effort to compete with so many digital options, studios will likely be forced to compete on one of the only landscapes available to them: price. However, even discounting DVDs is likely not enough to salvage the home entertainment medium that has been so popular for so long. This new massive partnership will only serve to drive DVD sales down further, and eventually make them vanish from homes, the same way those VHS tapes did.

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[akcrono]

You should tinyurl that. The long url makes everything you said unreadable (unless you're not lazy).

[ThingsComeAround]

This is because (and its only my theory) DVDs have become easily downloadable. Blu-ray is over 40Gigs per disc, yet difference on most machines aren't that noticeable.

And yes, please shrink the size of that link.

[jp8]

DVDs are great...

[fosterman]

we need DVDs, we need cds, we need tapes, LPs.

don't you remember growing up going through your dads vinyl collection, saying" dad dad play this",
I don't know 'The Who' but I like their music, and the LP covers are awesome. I don't know about you guys but that's how I remembered the songs I liked, based on the covers when I was like 6 years old, then in high school, you bring a girl home and you sit on the floor going through all the cd's, tapes, videos, talking about the singers, scattering them all over the floor, and playing music all night, smoking a joint, or have a few drinks from the old mans liqueur cabinet.

where is that now?
what the kids just sit in front of the tv or pc monitor and read the name of the files?

sad indeed.
everything is on hdd,
soon cd's and dvds will be something of the past.