Comment on DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

• magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No that’s the idea, it would be to make a piece of software which if thrown on a soc with a DVD drive becomes a player.

  Which really isn’t too far off of DVD and most bluray players.

  Though I wouldn’t be shocked if the super cheap DVD players have some sorta all-in-one integrated asic for most of the job.

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  • freeman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean if you control the software on the “player” you don’t really need a dedicated dvd format. Think about mp3 CDs, it never became a real format with specs and everything yet most CD players after a certain date supported them.

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    • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah but if you make it an open format other hobbyists could make their own hardware/software about it.

      Mostly a fantasy medium, but if people start using it they start using it.

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