Is the DVD dead?

It can be arugued that the era of the DVD has expired and that the younger generation will no longer have or need any use of the DVD. With many new media platforms as a subsitute to the way we watch films are currently in further league off the dvd, meaning that it can be seen as a suvonior of the film for keeps.

To many peoples dismay, dvd supply stores like Blockbuster and HMV have gone out of service due to lack of sales. With only the bigger branches left open, it can be seen as a struggle for those not living the area to reach dvd hire. With networks like I Love Film Instant, Netflix to peoples availability, there is an instant transaction in watching whatever they may desire. Rather than having to go out of there way, comfort of their own home to purchase a dvd.
The internet plays a massive part in how we watch films too. Not only is it a fast way to process the films instantly but there is a huge variety for avaiblility. You can even connect the laptop to the tv with a hdmi cable, so you can put it on the big screen.
One of the disadvantages for online screening is that the pirated links is it's obviously illegal. Yet this still does not mean to be a issue for many people, as they are even able to download these as files. The postive is just how easily it is accessable and how immediate the response it as opposed to traveling to a bockbusters or dvd rental store.

Having said that there, who is to say that the quality of the online streaming is good? With dvd's there is a guarentee of a high definition, ofcourse you can try to find a good link but it's not exactly in high defintion. With dvd rental you do not need to worry about the definition. Secondly, with dvd you have extra additions, i.e. deleted scenes, bloopers even backstage footage which is something you can not always find online as it's only a dvd feature.
You can also store dvd's to be then be put on when wanting to view, it is also user friendly. So those that are not familiar with the new methods of viewing films, for the older generation the dvd is more approprate, easier to use and not complexed.
You can also collect dvd in boxsetts which is something that caters more to fans of the show to have, the physical copy is something that over time has more value.

In conclusion to this, I believe that the time for dvd's will gradually expire. It will become like video cassettes in the sense that they will only be a rare collectables. With new media platforms coming to peoples ease it will become something that everyone is less familiar with using. I personally feel that the usb will be the new form in which we watch films by this I mean it will be formated on to usb which people will pass around to watch. As long as the film is available on some sort of transitional device we do not need to focus on what carries is.