I viewed the movie Minority report online using Netflix. Netflix allows you to instantly watch movies and television episodes online on your computer or streamed instantly from Netflix over the Internet right to your television with a Netflix ready device.
The competition between DVDs and video is an example of red queen. Dr. Thornburg states, “Red Queen” is attached to certain phenomena when a competition between two forces results in the rapid development of them equally. The speed with which the competition took place was remarkable in reference to DVDs and videos. DVD’s were at one time available everywhere, from movie rental companies. However videos seen to be available online and via cable companies.
According to McLuhan’s tetrad DVDs and video on demand are about to become obsolete. The retrieval of the DVDs will render the video on demand obsolete and vice versa. The use of various online movie vendors such as Netflix has changed the way movies are viewed for quite some time. Netflix even offers a thirty day trail to try out the product.
References
Thornburg, D.D. (2008) Emerging technologies and McLuhan's Laws of Media. Lake Barrington, IL: Thornberg Center for Space Exploration.
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Alicia,
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the delivery of DVDs and videos will change in the future. There certainly must be some way of delivering these products to the public after the current venues become obsolete. If a crystal ball could give this information, it would be worth an investment. With bandwidth streaming TV and movies, and with audiences being able to record at will, I believe we are quickly moving toward a public that will design their personal viewing using whatever venue seems to deliver the best product.
Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteBusinesses such as Netflix do offer a more convenient way of viewing the movies you like. iTunes also makes videos available for download and viewing and this can be done on your mobile device, making your videos even more portable. It's going to be interesting to see how "on-demand" will evolve within the next 3 years.
Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteI still have not jumped on the netflix wagon, but I think I might try it soon. Maybe once I am done taking these classes I will have time to catch up on my movie watching! I do like the On Demand feature, but netflix is definitely a better buy.