The end of an era – Netflix stops shipping DVDs
The success story of Netflix, now the world’s leading movie rental company, began in 1998 with a brilliant idea. One year after the introduction of the DVD as a storage… Read More
Tag Archives: Obsoleszenz
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Report The Art of Coding – Demos Now UNESCO Cultural Heritage
The demo scene has been around for as long as the personal computer. In the time when computer casings were not yet welded together and it was possible to… Read More
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News “Film in the Present Tense” – International Symposium in Berlin
Organised by LaborBerlin in cooperation with the Film Institute of the Berlin University of the Arts, Film in the Present Tense (October 20-22) will bring together filmmakers, artists, programmers, technicians… Read More
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Topic Obsolescence – Part 2: The renaissance of obsolete media
In the first part of the theme article on obsolescence, we examined strategies for preserving works stored on obsolete media. A device or product is obsolete when it is so… Read More
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Topic Obsolescence – Part 1: The preservation and restoration of electronic media
New digital media are rendering their old analogue counterparts obsolete. Innovations have of course always resulted in the replacement of old technologies. But the current changeover from old to new… Read More