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Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

Shermann

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1. DVD was the last great disc format in my opinion

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 02:08 PM

Mar 2024

Blu-ray was a disappointment in many ways. It started off with a good old fashioned format war with HD-DVD which created winners and losers. The discs took forever to load, the menus were slow and glitchy, and glitches often mean losing your position and having to fast forward from the beginning. Un-skippable ads started to appear in discs that you paid for. Combine that with having to clean off and reload a disc and it's a formula for frustration.

So, Blu-ray is responsible for killing the disc format in my opinion and any services based on it.

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I Don't Stream - I Have Direct TV Service & Use Redbox To View The Newer Released Movies..... [View all] global1 Mar 2024 OP

DVD was the last great disc format in my opinion Shermann Mar 2024 #1

I'm a no-streamer geezer Basic LA Mar 2024 #2

Public Library Auggie Mar 2024 #3