As Hollywood Goes, So Goes...

It became official this past autumn. The Hollywood Video chain has ceased to exist.

No doubt it was a victim of increased competition from Netflix and other online video rental services. If not decreased demand for "offline" video rentals.

Will Blockbuster Video be next?

Who knows?

And why do I get the feeling that the one thing that is certain about the future is that when Netflix's last competitor in the offline world goes kaput, the price of their services will go up?