I had already possessed the DVD necessary for my science
fiction assignment. I purchased the DVD
copy of Total Recall when it first came out.
When I was younger my family owned a copy of the original Total Recall
on VHS. The current competition between
DVDS and streaming videos on demand goes better with the Red Queens model. Dr. Thornburg said, “Huge competition between two
technologies is in the process and all other competitors are left behind.” I agree with this because there was VHS and
it was replaced by DVDs and video on demand.
Presently new movies do not come out on VHS.
They
are either on DVD or video on demand.
There are some benefits to DVDs and there are some benefits to video on
demand. DVDs benefit people that do not
have internet connections or slow internet speeds. Video on demand benefits
people that like use computers and have internet capabilities that can properly
show the movies. Also video on demand
typically comes from another source such as Netflix or cable companies. Both can appeal to two different groups of
people.
On McLuhan’s tetrad I believe they are in the enhance
stage. The new media has improved upon
VHS and have caused VHS to be in the obsolete stage. Some
people believe that DVDs will soon be replaced by video on demand but I don’t
see how that can be possible. This is a website I was looking at that believes that
one day it will happen. http://www.reelseo.com/streaming-video-ondemand-vs-dvd/
Reference
Walden University (2008). Red Queens [Video file]. Retrieved
from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fweb apps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_2643401_1%26url %3D