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And broadband adoption. I think streaming actually killed it, not a higher resolution format.
Doesn't Blu-ray still have better quality than most streaming services?
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It didn't even occur to me that this would need to be explained. Up next we should talk about why it was bad to leave VCRs paused for long periods of time.
Some kids call 3.5" floppies "save icons" because they've never seen them in any other context
In 1999, my DVD player could do this smoothly without any hitches or glitches. In 2020, my Xeon can't render this fast enough to avoid stutters. Either code quality has gone way down or my DVD player had a faster CPU.
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Those Sony Trinitron's were literally were made of lead. My back still hurts, but the 20" was worth it!
And 120hz refresh rates... almost 20 years ago!
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I remember being told as a child that it "wears out the tape," but I'm going to guess it's specifically because the same section of tape stays wrapped around the capstan (the metal cylinder it loops around to be read) when it would normally be passing through. Keeping the same section of tape under tension for a prolonged period presumably weakens or risks distorting it.
So kinda like riding a clutch... ok maybe not that bad.
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I think my favorite contextual example of this is the opening line from Neuromancer: "The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel." Means something very different now.
I guess that means perfect blue skies these days haha
A while ago I made a bouncing DVD logo that would actually hit the corner every few bounces with high probability: https://nikital.github.io/screensaver (But then it would troll you just before hitting it)
Used your code, but didnt have a license. Do I have your permission? Here is the link to the repo: https://github.com/pabloriveracelerity/mac-dvd-screensaver
Please let me know if you do not approve and I will take it down ASAP. No ill intentions. Just wanted to join the fun. :)
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Doesn't Blu-ray still have better quality than most streaming services?
It does. I’m sure most people don’t think the quality difference is worth the hassle of storing physical discs and paying for them. Compressed 1080 is good enough.
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I had heard of this before, but didn't know that screensavers were designed to prevent that damage from happening. In this case, the bouncing DVD logo seems like an odd choice, as the way it's designed, there are certain pixels on the screen that it will never cross (corners, for example), which would fail to serve the desired purpose. Can someone explain?
Those pixels are off.