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Link aslinya darimana nih, hehehe...Kayaknya artikel itu kurang bisa diterapkan di Indo, misalnya contoh DVD itu kurang tepat karena di sini harganya cuma 5000.... (tapi bajakan hehe).
@ Agoes:iya sih hehe... tapi ramalan dia bener juga kan... toko CD dan DVD akan banyak yg tutup. Kalau di sana krn nggak ada yg beli karena beralih ke sewa, kalau kita karena kalah sama barang bajakan.
@ Alisyah:
di Indonesia memang service seperti itu masih agak meragukan, baik cara membayarnya yg merepotkan maupun kualitas servicenya yg meragukan. Gimana kalau tahu2 data kita "hilang" begitu saja. Biasanya sih mereka nggak mau nanggung. Pokoknya kita aja yg salah. :-)
@ all:
dimana ya sekarang mesin tik, pager, Laser Disc, video betamax....? semuanya hilang, padahal dulu bertebaran banyak banget :-) itulah nasib produk kalah bersaing.
wah that's right!! Since that I already have it all, except number 9, I don't have any gas vehicle, and I don't want either. 1. DVD
waah, jelas, tinggal nitip donlod film, dapet lah gw film2 gratis. Yang bener2 pengen ditonton, ya di bioskop ajah..
2. Home telephone
bener juga. telepon rumah gw dah hampir setahun pake yang bisa nerima doang, soalnya pesawat yang bisa keluarnya rusak (dijatohin si kecil). gak papa tuh, jadi malah gw gak was2 kecolongan pake ama pembantu. gw aja yg sering nlp ke rumah. kl ada apa2 pembantu gw bs sms gw krn dia pny hp juga.
3. External HardDrive
ini emang gw dah punya 2 biji. rasanya belum perlu beli lagi. itu juga dulu hadiah.
4. Smart Phone
hmm, pengen sih ngganti smartphone ini ke BB. nunggu dapet undian doorprize ajah..
5. Compact Camera digital
kemaren punya gw otomatis lensnya smpt rusak (karena dijatohin si kecil juga) ga diapa2in sebulan, eh tau2 bener lagi. nah, ga perlu beli lagi toh??
6. Newspaper
waah, ini susah. gw menikmati baca koran sampe sekarang dibandingkan berita digital newspaper.
7. CD
Emang ga pernah beli sih. mgkn dah 3 thn ga beli. Paling minjem mp3 temen trus dikopi. Ato suka ada temen yang berbaik hati ngirimin lagu. kl CD kosong, masih beli, karena suka ngasih2 temen.
8. College textbook
belum tentu lah, kalo gw kuliah lagi gimana? eh, bisa juga malah potokopi karena textbook asli yang mahal.
9. Gas-guzzling autos
nggak punya. tapi sangat tersiksa dgn high cost maintenance mobil yang dimiliki sekarang.
10. energy-inefficient home and appliance
setuju banget!! tarif listrik di indonesia mahal bo'!! kalo bisa cari yg paling efektif dan wattnya kecil..
tambahan lagi, buat yang punya rumah baru, gw gak liat pentingnya punya 'seperangkat kursi tamu'. soalnya gw di rumah aja saking jarangnya nerima tamu (abs rumah gw jauh banget) tu kursi gak dipake, cuma buat pajangan doang..(itupun pinjeman dr nyokap) lebih banyak ketemu temen2 di mall. kl tamu ke rumah, pasti tmn/keluarga dkt bgt yang bisa diajak selonjoran di depan tipi/rak buku.. yah, gw pikir, sofa satu n coffee table cukup lah..
apalgi di kosan saya.. gak ada kursi samasekali adanya cuman kasur doang.. :D ada tamu ya duduk di lantai.. :Duntuk CD di rumah udah hampir gak pernah dengerin CD, kecuali klo lagi di kendaraan.. DVD bajakan, udah lama gak beli, memilih untuk mengunduh di inet, toh sama2 bajakan.:D
smartphone sekarang saya gak punya, pernah punya tapi berhubung saya orangnya gak apik, jadi smartphone gak pernah bertahan lebih dari satu tahun.
kamera digital, saya beralih ke DSLR, cuman karena kurang apik, bbrp kali lensanya rusak padahal cuman kebanting dikit aja. akhirnya kamera nangkring aja. knp ya barang2 skrg banyak yg fragile.. huh!!
untuk koran saya setuju sama Indri, sangat menikmati membaca koran setiap hari 2 koran harian saya baca, Kompas dan Pikiran Rakyat, bbrp kali nyoba baca epaper kompas, gak enak bacanya..
iih, imam, lo orangnya slordeg banget sih.. apa2 gampang rusak..barang kecil tuh dipakenya ati2.. jangan pake keseluruhan tenaga elo.. :p
ahahha,,, ah barang2nya aja skrg banyak yg fragile, Henpon gw yg paling awet itu ericsson R250sPro.. itu bener2 tahan banting.. :D
bukan yg itu, yg satunya lagi.. yg lebih bagus dari shark antenna, bentuknya mirip HT.
Gak punya mobil, gak beli koran, HP masih OK, udah ga kuliah.Kalo DVD gue masih suka beli, terutama film2 yg ga berbahasa Inggris, soalnya nyari yg ada text Inggrisnya. Buku masih beli, tapi akhir2 ini lebih sering beli buku bekas daripada yg baru, kecuali emang ga ada.
Tapi kalo menurut gue furniture rumah itu penting. Bukan buat tamu, tapi buat gue (dan keluarga) gue sendiri. Kalo di rumah nyaman dan komplit buat kebutuhan sendiri, pasti lebih jarang cari alasan keluar rumah cari hiburan, yg ujung2nya lebih hemat juga.
Langganan koran rasanya bisa utk stop, toh yg gw baca sekarang cuma iklan2 doang. Majalah?.. rada susah..
DVD dan CD harus dipertimbangkan ulang.
-andri-
"10 things not to buy in 2010"
Like Betamax videotapes and rotary phones before them, these are the products and services that soon will go the way of the dodo.
Ten years ago, most homes relied on dial-up connections to access the Internet, and iPods, flat-screen TVs and the Nintendo Wii didn't exist.
As we begin 2010, consumers should expect to see more revolutionary products supplanting old mainstays. In media, DVDs, books, newspapers and magazines will continue to lose ground to services like in-home movie rentals and gadgets like the Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader. For big-ticket items, the push for energy efficiency will continue to influence consumer decisions on cars and home upgrades.
As a result, some consumer products appear poised for sales drops, which could be a prelude to obsolescence. Here are 10 items not to buy in 2010.
1. DVDs
The days of going to a video store to rent a movie are near an end. Blockbuster has said it plans to close more than a fifth of its stores by the end of 2010. (The company didn't return calls for comment.)
Looking ahead, DVD purchases could turn cold as well. An average DVD sells for around $20. That's pricier than signing up for Netflix or renting movies from cable providers' on-demand channels. Netflix charges as little as $8.99 a month to rent one DVD at a time -- with no limit to the number of monthly rentals.
Time Warner Cable offers thousands of movies on demand for around $4.99 each. Verizon cable service charges $5.99 a month to download unlimited movies.
2. Home telephone service
It will probably take a while, but home land lines could become as rare as the rotary phone.
According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, more than one in five U.S. homes (22.7%) had cell phones -- and no land lines -- in the first half of 2009, up from 10.5% during the same period in 2006.
Ditching your home phone is easier now than it has been in the past, as cell phone companies compete for greater market share and alternatives to the home land line continue to grow. For example, magicJack provides phone service when it's plugged into a computer’s USB port and a home phone. It costs $39.95 and includes a one-year license for calls in the U.S. and Canada; after that, service costs $19.95 per year. (By contrast, Time Warner Cable's digital home phone service costs $39.95 per month.)
And consider Skype, which is free when you communicate with other Skype users. The software application uses the Internet as a platform to make calls, hold video conferences and send instant messages.
3. External hard drives
Consumers who keep their computers for years and upload thousands of songs, videos, movies and photos at some point find that they need to get more space.
External hard drives are one option, but they can crash, too. An up-and-coming alternative might be simpler and save you another transition down the road. Online backup services, like Carbonite and Mozy, allow users to back up data over the Internet.
These services quickly become more expensive than purchasing an external hard drive, which typically starts at around $70. At Carbonite.com, a one-year subscription starts at $54.95, and at Mozy.com monthly subscription costs total $54.45 for a year (although you can get 2 gigabytes of storage for free).
4. Smart-phone also-rans
In the past few years, several smart phones have hit the market with features similar to the iPhone and BlackBerry, but they haven't generated the same buzz.
As a result, fewer developers are likely to create applications and other products that cater to those phones.
Today, the BlackBerry dominates the smart-phone market with 40% market share, followed by the iPhone with 25%, according to data released by comScore in December. In the near term, both are expected to stay at the top. ComScore found that most consumers who will be shopping for a smart phone in the next three months plan to purchase a BlackBerry (51%) or an iPhone (20%).
By contrast, only 5% of respondents said they planned to purchase T-Mobile's MyTouch. The Palm Pre and Palm Centro received 2% and 1% of the vote, respectively.
5. Compact digital cameras
For nearly a decade, compact digital cameras were must-haves for most consumers. But during the past several years, another type of digital camera has been slowly rising in popularity: the single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, from manufacturers including Nikon, Canon, Sony and Olympus. Although bulkier, these cameras produce pictures that more accurately represent what's in their viewfinders than those that use older technology.
They are also pricier. For example, Canon's digital compact cameras start at $110, while the SLRs start at $570.
6. Newspaper subscriptions
The past few years have been unkind to the publishing industry.
In 2008, newspaper advertising revenues declined by 17.7%, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Meanwhile, average daily circulation at 379 newspapers fell 10.6% from April through September 2009, compared with the same period a year ago, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Magazines haven't fared any better. In 2009, more than 360 magazines shut down. During the first half of 2009, ad pages fell 27.9% when compared with the same period in 2008, according to Publishers Information Bureau.
The morning newspaper has been replaced by a growing online media presence -- much of which is accessible for free. Amazon's Kindle -- even with its price tag of around $250 -- and other e-book readers could increasingly become one-stop sources to access newspapers, magazines and books.
7. CDs
When was the last time you bought a CD or even walked into a record store?
The past decade has been devastating to the record industry. At its start, there was Napster. Then came iTunes, which was introduced in 2001 and offered affordable pricing and easy accessibility. Face it, CDs aren’t coming back.
Record stores are feeling the pinch. Most Virgin Megastores in the U.S. have shut down following declines in sales and revenues. In 2004, Tower Records entered bankruptcy, and by 2006 most locations had closed.
8. New college textbooks
Unless a student absolutely needs brand-new textbooks, she can use several alternatives to save.
Shop for used textbooks, which can help you save 70% to 90% off the retail price, says Mike Gatti, the executive director at the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, a trade group. Check out Web sites like CheapestTextbooks.com, BooksPrice or Amazon. Many college bookstores also sell used texts.
Another option is downloading books online. Sites like CourseSmart sell subscriptions to digital copies of more than 7,000 textbooks. TextbookMedia allows students to download textbooks for free. You can also rent textbooks on Chegg.
9. Gas-guzzling autos
Skyrocketing gasoline prices made headlines late in the decade, and they remain volatile.
The Energy Information Administration estimates that crude oil prices averaged around $77 a barrel for the fourth quarter of 2009, up from $42.90 in the first quarter. The EIA also projects prices will rise in 2010 to their highest point in more than two years: $81.33 a barrel.
Recent announcements by car manufacturers that they plan to mass-produce fuel-efficient cars could help push consumers away from gas-guzzling vehicles.
According to the Department of Energy, the most efficient cars include the Honda Civic Hybrid, which gets 40 miles per gallon in the city and 45 mpg on the highway, and the Toyota Prius hybrid (51/48 mpg). Also getting good marks for their efficiency are the diesel-fueled Volkswagen Jetta and Golf.
10. Energy-inefficient homes and appliances
Ten years ago, shopping for home upgrades involved looking at a product’s functionality and aesthetics. Now, there's a third consideration: energy efficiency.
Today, the products most touted by manufacturers and retailers are those that are Energy Star-certified and those that meet new federal environmental standards.
Most of these appliances and other products come with higher price tags than their counterparts but help lower heating and cooling bills.
In addition, the government is offering a federal tax credit of up to $1,500 on energy-efficient home upgrades. Many of the tax breaks -- including those on eligible insulation, roofs and windows and doors -- are set to expire at the end of this year. But others run through Dec. 31, 2016.
This article was reported by AnnaMaria Androitis for SmartMoney.
Published Jan. 14, 2010
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