Sunday, October 12, 2014

The progression of technology, television and cinema has allowed for new types of programming on you TV. Watching live TV is no longer a popular thing. The introduction of On Demand allows a person to watch an entire program without having to wait for it to air on live TV. Somewhat recently, OnDemand has allowed viewers to purchase movies and store them directly on their TV. 
Thinking back to when I was younger, I can recall going to the local Blockbuster down the street and being excited to pick a movie and watch it. Rental time limits were made to keep people from permanently owning these films. Once you were done watching a film you rented, you would have to drive back to the store and drop it in the return bin. 
With today's technology, all you have to do is click a button on your remote and you rent the latest movies. Streaming movies and TV allow an easy access to whatever you want to watch. Soon after this technology was introduced, Blockbuster stores were shut down. No one no longer felt the need to leave their households and drive to the store to rent a movie when they could just go OnDemand and select the latest films.

Like VHS we can see how DVD and BlueRay is phasing out. Does anyone think this will happen to our modern television and movie formats? What is the next step for technology in terms of access to TV and movies?

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