With analog, rabbit-ear-based TV making an official exit in February of 2009, it seems like a good time to reminisce about several once-cutting-edge technologies and services that are being pushed out the door like yesterday’s news.
Behold, the five technologies and services that will soon be deader than Elvis:
1. The in-store DVD rental – It seems like only yesterday we couldn’t believe that there were no more VHS tapes down at Blockbuster. Now it looks like there won’t be a Blockbuster down at Blockbuster for much longer! Downloadable content is the wave of the future, and trekking down to the local video store is becoming a thing of the past.
2. The fax machine – Adobe Acrobat PDFs, electronic signatures, $59 scanners…they have all contributed to the demise of the tried and true fax machine.
3. The VCR – When “I’ll tape that show” has been replaced by “I’ll TIVO that show” in the common lexicon, you know it’s a changing of the guard. TIVO is the greatest things to happen to TV since Charlie’s Angels, and its digital storage system makes big fat VHS tapes a clunky icon of yesteryear. Somewhere, Betamax is laughing at VHS’ fate.
4. The pager and the pay-phone – Two classic devices. Two complete relics. Major phone companies have been yanking pay phones off the streets in record numbers over the past five years as more and more people have access to cell phones. Same deal with pagers. Cell phones have pretty much removed the need for this intermediate step in the wireless communication process.
5. The CD – Who doesn’t remember the first time they bought one of these shiny metallic wonders, popped it in their expensive new stereo and heard the crisp, hiss-and-skip free sounds of their favorite artists? Anyone over the age of 14, that’s who! The CD is slowing fading from sight as the rise of the iPod continues to lead us into the direct-download age of music. We will miss you CD – you will forever be used as a drink coaster in our hearts.
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