This document discusses the state of video technology in 1999 and envisions the future of video. In 1999, DVDs were new but emerging, HDTV was debuting with plans for full digital switchover by 2003, camcorders were expensive, online video was low quality, and DVRs, iMovie, and Blackberry were just being introduced. Technologies that did not yet exist included the iPod, YouTube, Hulu, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo consoles, Blu-ray, and video on mobile devices. The document predicts that the video industry will stop selling physical media, there will be more fights over digital rights management and copyright law, video will be integrated across school curricula, and video will become search