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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: [OT] DVD is Dead. Long Live DVD.
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:28:53 +0000
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On 30/12/2024 16:00, Blueshirt wrote:
> The Doctor wrote:
> 
>> In article <xn0ov667v22szh006@post.eweka.nl>,
>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows
>>>> and movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now
>>>> cheaper per GB than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the
>>>> more reason to torrent stuff you've already paid for if the
>>>> studios won't replace your legacy media with new media
>>>> which you can still play.
>>>
>>> I don't see physical media going completely away anytime
>>> soon, there will always be collectors of things who like to
>>> collect. I like having the Doctor Who Blu-Rays on my shelf
>>> but I don't actually need them to watch the episodes. (The
>>> new 'extras' are cool but they're not essential.)
>>>
>>> LP's went out of fashion decades ago yet every big shop
>>> seems to sell records now. So did they go away and come back
>>> or did they never really go away at all and it was the
>>> record collector's that kept the format alive? (I've also
>>> noticed cassettes back on shelves too...) Whilst
>>> downloading/streaming is popular, there will always be a
>>> niche market for the fans of physical media so I reckon
>>> DVD's will outlive me!
>>
>> I dare you to install an operrrating system without a physical
>> media.
> 
> Why would I want to do something techy like that when there's
> clever IT specialists around - like you - that could do it for
> me... ?

Never needed to install anything from physical media on my iPhone, which 
in any case Apple won't let you do.

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