A pterodactyl, a cave man and an astronaut walk into a bar…
“The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson
I think everyone recognizes that brick-and-mortar video rental stores are headed the way of the Dodo. But what many of us have moved to–mail-order DVD rentals via Netflix–is a similarly doomed business model, and will eventually be replaced by internet downloads.
Isn’t it weird that you can drive past a Blockbuster store on your way home, grab the Netflix envelope out of your mailbox, and then sit down to peruse what on-demand movies are available to download? It’s like seeing a pterodactyl, a cave man and an astronaut sitting down together for a beer. New stuff comes so fast that the old stuff doesn’t even have a chance to go away.
Tags: blockbuster, movies, netflix, williamgibson
April 22nd, 2009
ABC’s Nightline recently did a segment on Netflix. During the interview with the head of Netflix about moving to all downloads and eliminating the mailing of DVDs, his response was that this is about ten years down the road. They are still investing in more brick and mortor facilities to support their growing DVD thru the mail business. They spend $300M a year on postage.