The Decay of Compact Discs

In this report I will evaluate the different formats by giving the benefits and limitations of using the Web, Multimedia (CD’s, DVD’s and so on.), Interactive T.V and Mobile Devices as formats for interactive media products. Each benefit and limitation will be explained with some examples for each format of interactive media products, finally I will give a summary and conclusion for all the formats at the end of the report.

With the advent of information technology, the ways different aspects of life work and operate have changed a great deal. Media has always had a great influence in molding the culture of a society. There was a point of time when television and radio were invented and when computer was invented and there was little connection between the two. Time then travelled fast then through the age of cassettes, records, VCDs, DVDs, flash drive and then the internet. Media also started to go satellite on a massive scale and there came a point of time when media and digital communication systems became closely integrated with one another, opening the dimensions to digital media.

Overall, Jenkins is interested on the impact convergence has on popular culture, however, considering the process of convergence of modes, he recognizes that popular and political cultural are beginning to blur. Like cultural, both new and old media alike are begging to blur and evolve, while delivery technologies become obsolete and get replaced. An example would be the replacement of floppy disk to CDs and more commonly now, the use of USBs, Jenkins describes this as “The Black Box Fallacy”, where media combine as one

Media changes drastically over short periods of time because of digital convergence. Just in the past decades it has become much more advanced and useful for people all around the world. There has been an extreme advance in media technology, especially that used in film industry. This includes the creation of analog-to-digital converters, technology convergence, and the changes in the media industry and audiences. In this article, I will analysis how digital convergence impact on the film industry structure, forms of consumption with the innovation of revenue models and cultural production.

The data set given is the information collected from the existing 250 stores consists in 33 variables, some of them qualitative and some of them quantitative.

DVD (digital video disc) come in a variety of recording options and can store 9.4 GB, more advanced DVDs has the capacity of 50GB. CD (compact disc) come in several types: CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW.

According to Digital Entertainment Group; Think video streaming, from services such as Amazon and Netflix, is killing physical discs? Not quite yet, Blu-ray sales ere 28.5 percent higher in the first quarter of this year than a year ago (DEG 2013). Thus, as the Blu-ray player is a compliment to physical DVD's, and the Blu-ray player sales are growing, it is apparent that consumers demand for the physical DVD still exist. Consumer Reports Stated that:

But due to recent emerge of Digital Video Disks (DVDs) Star River Electronics does need to face some problems. The conditions got worsen with the recent resignation of their former CEO. The new CEO Adeline Koh needs to face these problems. Digital Video Disks (DVDs) are expected to cut into the CD-ROM market in the very near future, but with 5%

The product chosen for the decline in consumer appeal is "a personal computer" (PC). This product is chosen because its sales and revenues are overall decreasing in the US market. Consumers are losing interest in using PC, due to obsolesce. PC is a technological product in which innovation and advance technology play an important role. New products are coming in the market with latest technological

Billy Joel released his 52 Street, the first CD released in the world, and began the launch of sales of the standard Compact Disc (CD). The 80s quickly became the most explosively successful decade in recording audio history due to the rapid replacement of tapes by consumers. The music industry continues to rise with the birth of the MP3 in 1990 followed by the introduction of the first major audio service by RealAudio. This form of obtaining music immediately skyrockets with popularity.

Wright claims that the music libraries are showing signs of failure with its adaptation in the digital world. He mentions that music libraries have transitioned to compact discs. His argument is incorrect on the fact that digital music is the mainstream form of music consumption for the masses nowadays. However, it does further prove Wright’s claim of the difficulty in predicting newer technologies. He uses an example from astronomer Clifford

Most of a CD consists of an injection-moulded piece of clear polycarbonate plastic. During manufacturing, this plastic is impressed with microscopic bumps arranged as a single, continuous, extremely long spiral track of data circling from the inside of the disc to the outside. Once the clear piece of polycarbonate is formed, a thin, reflective aluminum layer is put onto the disc, covering the bumps. Then a thin acrylic layer is sprayed over the aluminum to protect it, and the CD label is printed onto the acrylic. The compact disc was first used for audio storage only, but are now used to store audio, video, text, and any other information in digital form, and are able to hold 783 megabytes in all.

But due to recent emerge of Digital Video Disks (DVDs) Star River Electronics does need to face some problems. The conditions got worsen with the recent resignation of their former CEO. The new CEO Adeline Koh needs to face these problems. Digital Video Disks (DVDs) are expected to cut into the CD-ROM market in the very near future, but

Physical media selection is very daunting task given that there as many products ready in the market that offer wide range

Optical Recording Corporation (ORC) was established in 1984 with the main purpose of capitalizing on the technological innovation of James T. Russell. Russell’s new technology was based on his recent invention that revolutionized recorded music storage devices. Although Russell was not the first to come up with the concept of the Compact Disk (CD), he was among the first people to patent this technology. By 1985, Russell held over 25 patents in 7 countries across the world to various technologies related to optical recording and playback. Russell's intellectual property was purchased by ORC in Toronto in 1985, the firm then proceeded to notify a number of CD manufacturers that their CD technology was infringing on