How about no?

[karohemd]

Video appears in paper magazines

I hope this not going to be a trend. There's enough electronic waste already and batteries are bad, too as I doubt they are going to be diposed of properly.

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I hope this not going to be a trend.

Don't worry too much. The clue to the ultimate fate of this technology is right there in the title: "paper magazines".

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I don't think paper publications are going to be eliminated that soon.

The next step - rechargeable (both power and content) newspapers and magazines based on thin film technology - is still many years from widespread implementation and IMHO closer than everyone wanting to read newspaper/magazine content on their phones.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Physical media with dynamic content is a different matter, though. At that point, they don't need to be quite so disposable.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Exactly. What I'd imagine is that with your subscription you'll get the physical medium/template loaded with the current issue and any further issues (or other titles by the same publisher) will be loaded as and when available or added to the subscription.

What I meant was that we should wait with adding video or other non-printed content until a reasonably unproblematic medium is widely available, i.e. don't add a LCD screen to a paper mag but wait until all of the mag is on a LCD or similar medium.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Help help the world is turning into a Harry Potter book. Maybe I actually have had enough sleep and am still asleep and dreaming. *pinches self* ow.