Even with LCDs dominating the HDTV market, Plasma continues to be a formidable opponent. Contrary of what most people believe Plasma is still the best choice especially for those that do not settle with anything other than the best.
It is unlikely that movies alone will drive the growth and development of DVD. Computer applications that require massive amounts of data - from databases to multimedia and computer games, may well assure DVD’s success in the computer world.
Originally, DVD stood for Digital Video Disc. Then, in recognition of that fact that the silver platters could also be used to store audio and computer data, it became Digital Versatile Disc. As that’s pretty clumsy, it’s now evolved to the stage where DVD doesn’t really stand for anything.