Who says they’re dead?
Most everyone.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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Where's the fun in that?
Lol this is the first time I've seen a title like this be not be bait like "who says brunettes can't eat spinach?"
Legitimately everyone will say it's dead.
Sure, next you'll tell me S-VHS is dead too?
I totally forgot about those!! Was that ever alive? I don't recall using one.
In the late '90s you could record a DVD to S-VHS and it was real hard to tell the difference. Compared to VHS it was a huge step up.
We recently had a neighbor pass away and bought his property, including the trailer house on it.
His living room had a TV hooked up to a Zenith DIVX player.
For those who don't know, DIVX was a failed alternative DVD format launched by Circuit City that had a unique serial number on the disc and a dialup modem. It would phone home when you popped in a disc and start a 48-hoir countdown in which it could be used.
The discs cost about the same as a video rental but had no late fees. And the players could still use standard DVDs.
It was launched in June 1998 and discontinued in June 1999. Circuit city never really recovered from the failed launch.
I remember being fully convinced that HDDVD was the superior technology, and then Sony went all in on Blu-ray and that was all she wrote.
I think including it on the PS3 had something to do with it. The way the XBOX supported HDDVD with an external drive was probably just annoying users.
I bought a bunch of HDDVDs when it died off Amazon. $4 for most. Mallrats, beerfest. Great director commentary. Wish director commentary was an option on streaming.
Good price indeed. I have season 1 of Battlestar Galactica on HDDVD, and it comes in a nice fancy case.