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Netflix' news: signal of DVD's demise?

Being old enough to remember 8-track tapes, cassettes and Betamax, we know a little something about the demise of once popular ways to be entertained.

The Associated Press says the announcement today by Netflix that it is shifting its focus to streaming video may signal the end of the DVD:

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