Rekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBlu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkBlu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006www.tomshardware.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 days agoThat was my initial reaction as well! :/
minus-squareNiHaDuncan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s only the specific blu-ray format that came out in 2006 (first working 2005). Optical discs themselves could be said to have been used since the late 19th century.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agolaser discs were far better than tape, but tape had porn, sooo…
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI seem to remember even prior to 2006, a “format war” between Blu-ray and HD-DVD…
There’s no way it was 2006…
That was my initial reaction as well! :/
It’s only the specific blu-ray format that came out in 2006 (first working 2005). Optical discs themselves could be said to have been used since the late 19th century.
laser discs were far better than tape, but tape had porn, sooo…
I seem to remember even prior to 2006, a “format war” between Blu-ray and HD-DVD…