What Objects or Technologies Will Be Obsolete by the End of the Decade?

[greatauror28]

No 3D glasses, for 3D screens, will become mainstream

Senior Audio-Video forumers and writers thinks that 3D is just a fad, and won't last long.

Full Desktop computers will be obsolete - only to be replaced by thin client ones (numerous monitor+keyboard,mouse connected to a single server)

Big notebooks and netbooks will be outpaced by handheld touchscreens be it smartphones or tablets.

Optical hard drives might still be here but won't be offered in sized smaller than 16TB. SSDs will be cheaper and faster.

Plasma won't die in the next 6 or 7 years, they will find a way to improve it and it will be offered in bigger sizes and 4K res.

LCD maybe will be eventually replaced by OLEDs.

V8/V10 engines will be a thing of the past. Hybrid V6 are gonna be the biggest you're gonna get.

Printed materials (i.e. newspapers, books, utility bills) might be all gone by then. Digital is the new trend.

CDs will still be there for the purpose of music storage, as digital music can only be as good. CD streams at 14111 kbps while an mp3 can stream at a max of 320kbps only. As they said, you don't play mp3s in you six-figure sound system.

Blu-ray will stay, and so as LPs.

For banking and finance, I think credit card will eventually go away but not at the end of the decade. If they actually proved that implanting a chip loaded with all your details (i.e. bio, bank accounts, credit card details, etc.) under your skin won't have negative side effects to people, then that's the time when CC will be obsolete. For the next 5 years, i foresee smart banking via smartphone or digital device.

CCTVs will be improved and will provide higher-res images and footages all over the globe.

Smart homes won't be as rare as before. Fully automated lights, heating/AC, security cams, the whole nine yards.

[xwangbu]

I have been building PC systems since the 1990s. Up to now I have yet to see any major trend to AIO systems. The only trend I see now is more people going to laptops than desktop units for their office or home computer needs.

sa mga third world countries like Pinas di nga papatok mga aio units,
sa kanila (or atin) kasi tambakan ng surplus tech.

pero in the future, mga gaming rigs na lang siguro
magiging in demand for custom built pcs.
for office use - more thinclients, AIOs and tablets.
pc and laptop sales have been hit by tablet and smartphones with
bigger screens.

pero yun nga sa pinas - walang na-oobsolete.

[Retz]

correction glasses and contact lenses will be obsolete in the future. mura na lang kasi lasik.

[Gumusut_Amige]

Transistor radio is the same as battery operated radio? I still have one

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Nothing to be ashamed of...very useful during power outage + typhoon. Kasi manghihinayang kang gamitin yung radio ng cp mo dahil di mo alam kung kailan magka power ulit.

Desktops and laptops would be obsolete ngunit marami pa rin ang gagamit nito. Let's accept the fact that everybody can't embrace all the new gadgets around because of its high price tag. Parang car lang yan... Dami pa rin gumagamit ng carb engine car sa ngayon dahil isa sa rason ay dun lang nakatapat ang budget nila

[Retz]

iPhone

[dr. d]

correction glasses and contact lenses will be obsolete in the future. mura na lang kasi lasik.

lasik has its limitations, too. if your physician fails to mention them, you have but to ask.

[dr. d]

"made in usa" ?

but hey! when was the last time you saw "made in west germany" on a new purchase?

nixie tubes? cool..
heh heh. do some airports still sport those flip-plate display signs that we also saw/see in table clocks?

i am a fan of rick in "kings of restoration".

[dr. d]

LED TVs actually consume quite a bit of power. Take a peek behind a 42inch LED TV and see the specs sticker.

yup! the only things these flatscreens save on, are space and weight. and maybe, just maybe, longevity.

[dr. d]

Nung bata ako nagtataka pa ko bakit yung ibang bahay 2 yung toilet bowl

errr... spare?
o sige na, sirit!

[EQAddict]

DSL will be obsolete. It will be fiber all the way and maybe some 5g or 6g wireless broadband. Though fixed broadband will always be faster if youre talking thousands upon thousands of subscribers and simultaneous users.


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