Evaluation (Is the DVD dead)

Is the DVD dead?

Dvd's have been around since 1995. DVDs were published by famous technology companies such as: Panasonic, Philips, Toshiba and Sony. DVD are round disc that carry a high amount of storage. They mostly carry movies, video games and music. Due to the popularity from DVDs we obviously needed something to watch it off. That's when the came out with DVD players. DVD players were made for all types of DVDs, and were sold at an affordable price. Having a DVD along with the player had good features to offer. They were able to play, pause, rewind and fast forward footage. Main menu's would include 'behind the scene' footage, subtitles with a variety of languages to choose from and chapter selections.

To open up the argument, the question now is, is the DVD dead? Depending on society, everything revolves around media nowadays and with live streaming, it's gives us the opportunity to watch our favorite TV shows, series, movies etc which comes in very handy for people. With saying that with some people still use DVD's as it is their preference. There are many reasons why this is true. First of all DVDs produce great quality and also features which makes them reliable. However, They are not easy to care for. Others may find that DVDs scratch really easily which prevents them from working in the player. DVD's to some people are something they like to have and collect and is part of their personality.

On the other hand, with all the popular stores closing down: HMV, Primetime and blockbusters. This gives people the option to use live streaming. Live streaming and movie websites such as: Netflix and also love film, have drawn attention to us viewers with the type of service they have produced, it is easy to use and pretty straight forward. This can aslo have a down fall. Movie sites are not free, they have a monthly cost which is a disadvantage. They operate due to internet and wifi signal, if there is none of those then viewers wont be able to use the service. The same amount that we would spend on the monthly cost of online movies, will work out the same sort of price of renting a DVD.

To conclude, In my opinion i think the DVD is dead due to the fact that they are not as popular as they where a few years ago and I prefer live streaming and movie sites. Some people may feel the same way while other still prefer to use DVDs as they feel its more safe and better than paying online. others may feel like its easier to use live streaming than leaving the house to buy a DVD to watch.