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Comment I don't think this is as crazy as it sounds (Score 2) 299

Whomever said that HDTV will be the standard for the next 50 years is exagerating a wee bit. Think about the internet connection you (might have) had 20 years ago. If you were BBSing it in 1985, it was probably with a 300 baud modem. The speed with which we can get home internet access today is exponentially faster than back then. It really isn't a difficult stretch to extrapolate another 20 years in the future. I wouldn't at all be surprised if we have multi-terabyte-speed pipes in our homes in 2025. The cost of storage per megabyte is dropping everyday. Computational power continues to increase. The speed available to customers for home internet access is increasing every few months. The spread of TVRs are slowly but surely eroding the control TV broadcasters had over us with the scheduling of our favourite TV shows. Bit Torrent will only continue to increase in use and, with each successive version, will only become faster and more efficient. All these factors point to a future where ALL media is online. Everything. Every last b-movie and celebrity Christmas album. The whole shebang. I, for one, am quite stoked.

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