Cablevision's new tech push may make DVR obsolete

The Supreme Court has denied the right to challenge Cablevision on the issue of storing on-demand programming on servers instead of individual home devices, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This is a move that paves the way for technology to make your DVR obsolete. It also almost certainly means there will be new ways to watch video programming that we can't even conceive of yet.

Back in the late 1990s, staffers on the show thought Clark was crazy for talking about ReplayTV, which was the predecessor to TiVo.

Well, this Cablevision decision is bigger than DVR.

Within the next 2 years, the consumer champ predicts we'll have some kind of video device -- either at home or of the portable variety -- that will allow you to watch whatever you want, wherever you want, as you wish.

The coming developments will blow apart the traditional model where programmers decide what to air and when. You'll be completely in control of where, when and how you watch video content.

Will there even be program schedules -- other than for actual live events -- in 10 years from now?