The Death of DVD

Interesting read on how DVDs are almost dead in South Korea due to broadband:

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Sure soon DVD will be replaced by Blue-Ray/HD-DVD but I think in the future physical media will only be used for backup purposes as all media could easily be accessible through ultra fast networks surpassing broadband/cable/etc. It would be cool to one day have access to all stuff related to a particular film/song on demand at the comfort of your home. I'm envisioning that one would just have to turn on their Ex-HDTV sets and be given a menu (that can be personalised of course) of whatever they wish to watch based on what's been subscribed/available in a virtually infinite & constantly updated database of a/v material. Say you search/click for Terminator then you'll get a menu of what's available: the theatrical version, the director's cut version, the MODs, deleted scenes etc. Beats buying multiple versions of dvds (special edition, 20th anniversary edition, etc). Closest we get to this at the moment is iTV/TV on Demand.