10 things not to buy in 2010

[tyler811]

Like Betamax videotapes and rotary phones before them, these are the products and services that soon will go the way of the dodo.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.co...e/10-things-not-to-buy-in-2010.aspx?GT1=33010

 

[jlee]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2038732&highlight=things+buy+2010

 

[Sea Moose]

I miss rotary fones.

 

[ahenkel]

My grandparents still have one they pull out when the power goes out.

 

[tyler811]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2038732&highlight=things+buy+2010

So what are you trying to me?

 

[Locut0s]

Fail on external HDs. They are still an excellent and cheap way to extend your storage space. Online storage is of course an option but one I think most people are not yet willing to abandon their HDs for.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Who wanna bet DVDs will outlive Bluray?

 

[Cattlegod]

notice search feature is not on that list!

 

[Locut0s]

Who wanna bet DVDs will outlive Bluray?

Perhaps but I doubt it. A year back I would have said maybe but the prices for Blu-Ray drives have come down a lot and the prices of large screen panels have also fallen a lot. Therefore more and more people now have a large enough screen to notice the difference between the 2 formats. The price for a Blu-Ray player is no longer an issue. The only thing that needs to happen now is for the price of the discs to drop which they are slowly doing so. At my local rental place Blu-Rays have been slowly eating up more and more floor space.

 

[tyler811]

Who wanna bet DVDs will outlive Bluray?

DVDs will be around for a long time as BR discs/players are still expensive. I love BR but will not buy BR to replace the DVDs I have already. I am however replacing old VHS movies with BR when the price is around $10-$15.

 

[tyler811]

notice search feature is not on that list!

I looked for the search button but could not find it

 

[Locut0s]

DVDs will be around for a long time as BR discs/players are still expensive. I love BR but will not buy BR to replace the DVDs I have already. I am however replacing old VHS movies with BR when the price is around $10-$15.

The discs still are expensive but Blu-Ray players can be had for just over $100 now and falling.

 

[tyler811]

The discs still are expensive but Blu-Ray players can be had for just over $100 now and falling.

Yes the prices are falling fast and I should have clarified better. When the prices of the players gets around $70 for decent one. Also is there a consumer BR recorder out yet? A regular comsumer console I refer too. The BR disc for copying are still expensive also.

 

[shortylickens]

Why the fuck is MSN ripping off shitty articles?
Because no one would dare sue them and admit they wrote that shitty article.

 

[RoloMather]

Fail on external HDs. They are still an excellent and cheap way to extend your storage space. Online storage is of course an option but one I think most people are not yet willing to abandon their HDs for.

Lol I agree.

Good luck storing your 1TB of porn online.

 

[RoloMather]

Maybe if this was a list of things not to buy in 2020 it would apply.

 

[iversonyin]

11. Apple iPad

 

[Sea Moose]

Seamoosies list of things not to buy in 2010
The definitive Guide.

1)Hp Pavilion
2)Hanson: Greatest Hits
3)Stove pip jeans. Unless ur a girl. Guys that wear tight clothes are pooftaz
4)Simpons Season >10 : Srsly simpsons now suck.
5)Nerd Glasses: you are not clark kent

6)Porno Mag : Thats why they invented the internetz
7)Cage Hen Eggs : Free Range for chicken happies
8)Hanson: wait mentioned that already
9)Fuel Guzzling car: Unless its a genuine military hummer.
10)Anything written by Pauline Hanson : You guys dont know who that is.

 

[marvdmartian]

Lol I agree.

Good luck storing your 1TB of porn online.

Only one? SLACKER!!

 

[keird]

I still maintain a land-line, despite my wife and I having cell phones. It only costs ~$24/month and having a powered means of communication in power outages is of significant importance. The TELCOs must have back-up power capacity per Federal law, I think...

***SFW*** WTF TELCO powered vibrators?! ***SFW***

 

[RoloMather]

Only one? SLACKER!!

250GB max per month. Say i dedicate 150GB to porn. Takes ~8 months for 1TB.

I just end up running out of space on my 1TB drive by DL porn.

Good thing I got a 2TB one in the wing.

 

[dguy6789]

Online storage would have to be reasonably priced and offer a ton of space before I'd consider it seriously. It would have to be quite compelling for people to prefer it over $80 1TB external drives. As it is right now, using external hard drives for backup is extremely cost effective.

I have 25GB of space on Microsoft's Skydrive completely for free. There's a limitation on per file size but it's still completely free. There are lesser online storage options than that from other companies that charge you for it.

 

[HumblePie]

My two things not to buy...

Ipad (as already mentioned)... well anything from Apple
And a Toyota because I like to drive my own cars without accelerating off the road.

 

[rockyct]

The discs still are expensive but Blu-Ray players can be had for just over $100 now and falling.

Sony was trying to keep the disks artificially high, but the other studios have abandoned that. I see more and more sales on recently released Blu-rays for $15-20. I wouldn't be surprised by the end of the year that 90% of Blu-rays come out under $20 and older releases start dropping to $10.

 

[StageLeft]

Fail on external HDs. They are still an excellent and cheap way to extend your storage space. Online storage is of course an option but one I think most people are not yet willing to abandon their HDs for.

Yeah it's like saying don't buy an internal combustion engine because in the future we'll all be on electric. Well, sure, but not now. External hard drives are still plenty useful.