Blockbuster died around 2010, apple stopped shipping optical drives in the last of their computers around 2013, Streaming became the norm, there might be teens that haven't used "Discs" for video and have streamed everything.

[–] Gutotito@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Got one living with me who falls into this category. She about lost her mind when I showed her a laser disc; thought it was some kind of special record. Yes, that's the world we live in, now: kids collect records and cassettes, but have never seen a blu-ray.

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[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean technically it's kind of like a laser record haha

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even more so when you realize they aren't even digital, they use analog NTSC, PAL signal modulation / encoding.

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait, they do? I always assumed they were digital..

Edit: well damn yeah they're just shiny records.. from Wikipedia "The surface of the disc is covered with small holes that are read by a laser."

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thought it was some kind of special record

Well, there was something like that. CED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, adoption of bluray took a bit of time. The cheapest blu ray player was the PS3, and that was like 600$

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

A lot of people I know had fairly large DVD collections but never accumulated very many Blue-ray releases.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have never used a blu-ray. By the time they came around I was either pirating or streaming everything.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I have a couple that have floated around my house for years. Not really sure where they came from. One of them is The Life of Pi, if anyone is looking for it.