https://www.220-electronics.com/ is having a sale. I have bought several players from them and they’ve been great

Now, I know what your thinking, are region free players piracy? Well, it depends which country you live in

  • Faceman🇦🇺English
    84·
    7 months ago

    the VHS vs Beta format wars, not the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray format wars for the young’ns out there.

    • phx@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      Digital format wars were a thing while Blockbuster was still around. They know both

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      How quickly we forget Laserdisc and Video CDs.

      Oh and UMD, but I don’t think “I want to watch a movie in poor quality on a tiny screen on a device that’ll probably run out of battery before the movie finishes” was a market anybody was really interested in.

      • root@aussie.zoneEnglish
        61·
        7 months ago

        Sony minidisc says hi :p

        I remember a time when i was hoping they’ll implement the minidisc as an alternate removerable storage for PC. More robust compared to floppy disks, less delicate compared to CDR, and is rewritable too. LOL

        • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
          4·
          7 months ago

          I remember ripping a CD to one with an optical cable. It split by tracks and everything.

          I felt like Johnny Mnemonic.