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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Way OT: Cleo the Kitten Update!
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:32:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-10, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
> On 12/10/2024 6:15 AM, Janet wrote:
>> In article <vj93dk$tfrs$3@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
>> @invalid.com says...
>>>
>>> Weight.  People who carry their laptop want to reduce weight.
>
> Mine has a CD drive, but the whole laptop sure is bulky and heavy 
> compared to modern units.
>
>>> And, as Bruce points out, CD/DVD is an obsolete medium.
>> 
>>    I recently took a bag of old DVD's to a charity shop ..
>> which refused them because they are obsolete and "nobody
>> uses them". I offered them to our cleaner and she said the
>> same.  I offloaded them on Freecycle.
>> 
>>    We do still have a player and use DVD's; I've just
>> ordered  DVD of Wolf Hall which we missed when it was
>> broadcast on TV 10 years ago.
>
> They are an obsolete medium on computers.  It's rare to find new 
> software or anything on disc.  We still sell a lot of DVD's in our 
> second hand shop.  $1-5 each depending on the title.
>
> Nobody wants VHS tapes anymore, so I grab old Disney tapes for free when 
> I come across them.  The kids don't care about the quality and still 
> enjoy watching them.  Occasionally the babies like the bright colored 
> animations.

There are movies released this century that never came out on DVD
because the studio didn't think there was a market for it.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton