Management of Technology

Management of Technology, my first impression is how one
manages technology. For example, when do people switch to one
technology to the other. Some of my classmates cited new
technology that is not often advisable to adapt to because of
some issues like practicality. My example to that is the media
used in viewing movies. Not so long time ago, we use betamax,
then it evolved to vhs then laser discs, vcd's, and finally
dvd's.


Now, Sony introduced a new addition to the formats -- Blu
Ray. "Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical
disc format for the storage of digital media, including
high-definition video".





Media type: High-density optical disc Encoding: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), and VC-1 Capacity: 25 GB (single layer), 50 GB (dual layer) Read mechanism: 1x@36 Mbit/s & 2x@72 Mbit/s Developed by: Blu-ray Disc Association Usage: Data storage, High-definition video and PlayStation 3
Games


For me, its not practical to use Blu Ray discs for storage
of files even though its features are impressive. Its quiite
expensive and it synchronizes with High Definition Devices which
are very costly. When storage of data is concern, Flash
disks are more practical because its compatible with almost all
computers, compact and much more affordable. While in
media formats, dvd9 is still better because its compatible and
more affordable. Maybe when the time comes, we can adapt to Blu
Ray technology when its more practical for us.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc