Wait, I should explain: An article from Thursday in the LA times reported that the last videotape supplier has proclaimed himself done with the industry (though I’m sure that tapes will be watched for years, just as laser-discs are still traded on eBay).

The depressing part is that where videotapes saw action for more than two decades, BluRay is already here as a replacement for DVDs–the article also predicts movies will be all BluRay in a few years. Which, when BluRay first came out, some manufacturers admitted was planned obsolescencence, a way to get everyone to replace all their old DVDs and pump up the market.

So once the BluRay market is saturated, presumably they’ll announce another upgrade, then another …

Still, if laser-discs are still around, I doubt I have to worry about running short of DVDs to watch anytime soon.

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