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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I wonder why specifically DVDs... It's not like with audio formats where the experience is almost as or even more important than the quality; Blu-Ray delivers far better quality with the same experience. If they were into Laserdisc I'd understand, but DVD?

They're not even that much more expensive. Maybe the initial cost of getting a player is higher?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Personally I never upgraded from DVD to Bluray because of the costs and DRM. And while I waited for those to be solved streaming got good enough.

Perhaps these kids' parents are the same, so they just use what they have.

Or the article's author just calls every video disc a DVD.

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[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

There's a reason it's called Blu-Ray DVD

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