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[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yes it was for many many people. You seem to find this hard to believe.

Blueray/HDDvd was out before the majority of people stopped using their vhs collections.

As tvs went digital and high def it took a long time for people to care enough to upgrade/replace

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ok then switch to streaming. My point was just that just because you have a VHS collection doesn't mean you can't get media in another way and still use your VHS collection. And most people would use both while they transitioned. Throwing out all your VHSs for the hot new thing isn't something a lot of people did. Or throwing out all your DVDs because streaming is a thing. People aren't restricted to one thing.

[-] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Blueray/HDDvd was out before the majority of people stopped using their vhs collections.

Do you have a citation on this? Personally I was DVD only until I got an Xbox One, which could play Blurays.

And we got DVDs because my brother marketed getting a PS2 to my family as a DVD player and a Video Game system, as one of those alone cost the same as a PS2 at the time.

And we gave up VHS tapes long before, as space is at a premium for us. Worse quality, worse features, more work to rewatch something, bigger format, etc.

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